Your employer is obliged to pay you for the first 21 days of the Health and Safety Leave. You will then be entitled to Health and Safety Benefit from this Department provided you satisfy all the conditions of the Scheme. The weekly rate of Health and Safety Benefit payable depends on your level of earnings in the Relevant Tax Year. The rates of Health and Safety Benefit are shown in the Rates of Payment booklet SW 19 . Where a reduced rate of pension, benefit or allowance is in payment, more than half the personal rate of Health and Safety Benefit may be payable.
Extra increases are payable for a qualified adult and child dependants.
If you are married or living with someone as husband and wife and you are wholly or mainly maintaining your partner, you may be entitled to an increase for him as a qualified adult. You can claim an extra allowance for each of your dependent children under age 18 who normally live with and are being maintained by you. Health and Safety Benefit commences after the 21 days payment by your employer ceases. Payment also ceases if you are employed on a fixed-term contract and that contract expires. During Health and Safety Leave, you are deemed to be in the employment of the employer.