It looks like employers should pay nothing or else they have to pay everything. Seems ridiculous.Hi Purple
My earlier posts were rubbish, so I have deleted them.
Brendan
It looks like only GP's have IB1 forms.Hi Purple
This is so frustrating.
I have searched online and cannot find the form IB1. There are many references to it, and all of these references should also be a link. But none is.
Do you have a link to the form?
Brendan
And yet the application form for the enhanced illness benefit form has a tick box where the applicant declares that they are not being paid by their employer. From page 2 of ;OK, this is my current reading of it.
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The government has now urged all employers to support national public health objectives by continuing, as a minimum, to pay employees who cannot attend work due to COVID-19 illness or self-isolation the difference between the enhanced Illness Benefit rate and their normal wages.
This is a very clear statement of government policy.
The normal rules do not apply.
So if you have an employee who is being paid €506 a week normally and they have been told to self-isolate by their doctor, then you should pay them €200 a week.
They can get €306 a week through the Enhanced Illness Benefit Scheme.
I would not worry about what the form IB 1 says. It clearly has not been updated for the current problems.
Brendan
From this link:The government has now urged all employers to support national public health objectives by continuing, as a minimum, to pay employees who cannot attend work due to COVID-19 illness or self-isolation the difference between the enhanced Illness Benefit rate and their normal wages.
This is a very clear statement of government policy.
The normal rules do not apply.
So if you have an employee who is being paid €506 a week normally and they have been told to self-isolate by their doctor, then you should pay them €200 a week.
They can get €306 a week through the Enhanced Illness Benefit Scheme.
From this link:What Illness Benefit for COVID-19 absences is
When a worker is told to self-isolate by a doctor or has been diagnosed with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) by a doctor, they can apply for an enhanced Illness Benefit payment of €305 per week.
To be eligible for this payment a person must be confined to their home or a medical facility.
Do not visit your doctor. You must contact them by phone.
How to qualify
To receive the enhanced payment, you must be:
- self-isolating on the instruction of a doctor or diagnosed with COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
- be absent from work and not getting paid by your employer
pay employees who cannot attend work due to COVID-19 illness or self-isolation the difference between the enhanced Illness Benefit rate and their normal wages.
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