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"working" and on the dole

  • 05-02-2009 10:16pm
    #1
    looking4advice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭


    I have just been offered a job. It will be regular hours(40 P.W.) but I will not be getting paid anything. I am using the job as a chance to build up experience. I am on the dole so I am just wondering if I should bring this to the Social Welfare's attention?

    I do intend to keep looking for work while I am in this job so technically speaking I will still be actively seeking work.


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  • #2
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    I'm totally sure about the official word on this so don't take my post as the gospel but as far as I know you can do "volunteer/free work" whilst collecting dole payments - just run it by your local welfare office to be sure.


  • #3
    tomred1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭tomred1


    If you take up this work the Social Welfare can deem you not available for full-time employment or not available to seek full-time work. There something about volunteering but i don't know the details.


  • #4
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    I'm nearly positive that the official line is that you can't be doing "paid" work while on the dole. Any unpaid work is basically volunteerism.


  • #5
    tomred1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭tomred1


    alan dunne 27 wrote: »
    I'm nearly positive that the official line is that you can't be doing "paid" work while on the dole. Any unpaid work is basically volunteerism.

    Of course you can't do paid work, that employment!!!!


  • #6
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    The original poster said this....
    looking4advice wrote: »
    I have just been offered a job. It will be regular hours(40 P.W.) but I will not be getting paid anything. .......... I will still be actively seeking work.


    I said that to the best of my knowledge if you are not getting paid then any "work" you do can be classed as volunteered work. It's only when you're being paid that there's issues.


    tomred1 wrote: »
    If you take up this work the Social Welfare can deem you not available for full-time employment or not available to seek full-time work. There something about volunteering but i don't know the details.

    Why would the Welfare office deem him/her as anything in this case? They can't deem you unavailable for employment if you are available for "free work/volunteerism", I doubt that "looking4advice" would be signing any contracts that would mean he'd be working for free but also contractually obliged to work therefore unavailable for paid employment.
    tomred1 wrote: »
    Of course you can't do paid work, that employment!!!!

    that's*


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