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Reduced Earnings Allowance is a benefit available to those who cannot earn as much as they normally do due to an injury or disease caused by your work. More people than ever are on benefits
or seeking additional financial support in light of the financial struggles they are facing amid the coronavirus pandemic. Express.co.uk has compiled a guide to explain how Reduced Earnings
Allowance works.
Reduced Earnings Allowance (REA) is a benefit available to those whose earnings are reduced because of an accident or disease or those unable to work at all.
You can only get REA for accidents and diseases related to work which started before October 1, 1990.
The amount of REA you receive is contingent on how much you earn in your normal employment.
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If eligible you could claim up to £72.80 per week.
What you get depends on how much you earn in your regular employment.
REA will be replaced by another benefit called Retirement Allowance if both the following apply:
Reduced Earnings Allowance may impact other income-related benefits you or your partner receives.
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To be eligible you must have an illness or disability caused by a work-related accident or disease which happened before October 1, 1990.
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You can claim Reduced Earnings Allowance to fill in and post a claim form.
To apply for the payment contact the Barnsley Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) centre to get a form.
The form comes with notes which will help you to fill it in and tell you where to send it.
These phone lines are open from Monday to Friday, 8am to 7:30pm.
You may also be entitled to get Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) if you become ill or are disabled because of an accident or disease - either at work or on an approved
employment training scheme or course.
The amount one is entitled to is contingent on their individual circumstances.
You can claim up to £182 per week if you are assessed as 100 percent disabled.
The assessment is undertaken by a medical advisor and each claimant is rated on a scale of one to 100 percent.
Reduced Earnings Allowance will be replaced by another benefit called Retirement Allowance if you reach State Pension age and if you are not in regular employment.
Retirement Allowance is a reduced rate of REA which is paid at a rate of 25 percent of the amount of Reduced Earnings Allowance received of £18.20 the fixed amount for 2020/2021.
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