5. Special benefit rules
Special rules may apply to:
•16/17 year olds (see pp250–55 of the 2019/20 edition of this Handbook);
•workers who are laid off or working short time;
•people subject to immigration control (see
Chapter 68);
•people who have come from or are going abroad (see Chapters
69,
70 and
71);
•people involved in a trade dispute (see
here);
•people without accommodation, people who are (or whose partner or children are) in hospital or living in a care home or similar accommodation, and people in prison (see Chapter
42).