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Can you imagine that my child is very ill and I give up my job to take care of him and now I cannot receive any benefit – sickness or unemployment, why is this?

Workplace Information National Insurance Scheme (NIS)

According to our regulations, you cannot receive sickness benefit since you have not been rendered incapable of work as a result of some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement; and you cannot receive unemployment benefit because your unemployment is voluntary and you are not available for work. Please note that according to the regulations, a person shall not be treated as unemployed unless he/she satisfies the Director that he/she is unemployed, capable of and available for work.