Sentence examples for work sickness from inspiring English sources

Another, a 23-year-old with ME from London who receives out of work sickness benefit, told me she was reported to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) after someone saw two photos on Facebook taken before she became ill: one of her playing Twister and one of her skiing.

The major reasons for non-participation were having to work, sickness or anxiety.

Labour market status was categorised in four different 'states': work, sickness absence, unemployment and disability.

In the present study, the transition between work, sickness absence and disability pension 1 year after the operation was primarily associated with factors related to the cancer.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of socioeconomic and clinical factors on the transitions between work, sickness absence and retirement in a cohort of Danish colorectal cancer survivors.

Our theory of reincentivizing work fits in the literature on work, sickness absence and unemployment in several diverse fields such as sociology, economics and medicine [ 1- 4, 7- 9, 21, 29, 30, 35, 36].

This week's parliamentary review by crossbench peers and disability charities of cuts to out-of-work sickness benefits gives an insight into the thought the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has put into taking £30 a week from cancer patients and paraplegics.

At the end of 2013, Steve had to use the food bank for the second time: he was suffering from severe anxiety but was caught in the backlog for out-of-work sickness benefits, and had to wait a year for his Work Capability Assessment (WCA) – the test the Department for Work and Pensions uses to judge whether someone is "fit for work".

The upcoming cut to out-of-work sickness benefits – a policy George Osborne hasn't "listened" in on – is a perfect example of his paternalistic lecturing.

Not Lost is Mow's satirical response to the Department for Work and Pensions' "shoddy" information-gathering process, inspired by her own experience of sending her financial details – a requirement of receiving her out-of-work sickness benefits for bipolar disorder – only for it to be "lost" in the system.

As an insight into how relentless the benefit system can be, when Tony explains to Sharon what her distress was like that night, she realises it reminds her of two years ago – when the DWP sent her to attend a work capability assessment in order to keep her out-of-work sickness benefit.