{"id":1499,"date":"2026-03-18T12:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.com\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:30:13","slug":"benefits-if-youre-unable-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/benefits-if-youre-unable-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits if You\u2019re Unable to Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If illness or a health condition prevents you from working, you may claim:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) \u2014 employer payments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) \u2014 support for long-term inability to work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Universal Credit \u2014 help with living and housing costs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people need a fit note from a doctor. Benefits can be combined, amount depends on income and circumstances<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If illness or a health condition prevents you from working, you may claim: Most people need a fit note from a doctor. Benefits can be combined, amount depends on income and circumstances<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1502,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions\/1502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}