Short version of this -

My wife broke an ddislocate dher ankle about 3 months ago and wasn't abel to work. She works Saturdays in a shop and doesn't earn the minimum £85/week to claim incapacity benefit. Also she hasn't paid NI in the last three years so can't claim the lower level incapacity benefit.

She also doesn't qualify for Statutory Sick Pay. We thought she just wouldn't get paid but now she's back at work, on her payslips they have started deducting around £80 each time under the heading 'Incapacity benefit'.

This sounds very wrong to me, I assume the employer has made a mistake. The benefits office just said to speak to her employer, but she's having trouble getting in during the week when the person she needs to speak to is there.

Can anyone shed any more light on how this normally works?

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