Hi - posting on behalf of my daughter. She has a broken arm but is on Universal Credit, and has to do/did work related activity. She works on a zero hours basis so some months she receives wages but others she does not so she has to look for work and attend interviews too.
She has to self certify for 7 days and then her GP will give her fit notes, she is waiting on a letter for further treatment. She broke her arm on Wednesday.
My questions are when does she need to change her health on her universal credit account? She has asked her employer about SSP but unlikely she will receive it due to being zero hours worker so is there anything else she could claim - or because a broken arm will eventually get better, will she just be living on universal credit as a single person and nothing to replace her potential earnings that she would have received if she could work? She has had to cancel 3 upcoming shifts as she cannot use her arm at all. Thanks for any help.
