ex self employed building workers

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any ex self employed building workers reading this? what was it like signing on? dealing with all the paper work etc....:o

propertypin.com

You wont get any dole or stamps if you were self employed, its menas tested by the tax year so you will not get any benifit for at least a year if not more.

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that really made my day

soontobesmokin

You are entitled to apply for ja and while this claim is being processed you are entitled to claim the same equivilent rate of payment from your community officer. If eventually your claim from the dole is rejected, immediately start a fresh claim. Good luck.

the iceman come

propertypin.com wrote: »

You wont get any dole or stamps if you were self employed, its menas tested by the tax year so you will not get any benifit for at least a year if not more.

Thats absolute rubbish,as long as you can prove that there is no way you will earn any money from your business (i.e. business liquidated ) you will be treated like anyone else,I know of several of ex-contractors whose businesses failed and now get unemployment assistance. It dosent go on when you last earned but what the deciding officer thinks your future means will be,if you are having to wait a long time you can apply to the CWO in your area. Even for a sole trader the process is the same.

xmaslove

Hi All,

My husband was in the same position, he was working and didn't pay any stamp for himself (stupid i know), he tried signing on over a year ago and as he didn't have stamps he wasn't entitled to any unemployment benefit and the job seekers allowance was means tested on my salary, i'm only a secretary so I wouldn't be on a high wage but I was above the threshold so he got nothing. We are quite desperate at this stage trying to survive on my wages alone and pay the mortgage, we had a loan as well as we had just gotten married when he became out of work. He went back in to sign on last week and is awaiting a letter from them about the JobSeekers Allowance. Has anyone had any success with a claim being appealed, any amount at all would help us enormously from now on.

soontobesmokin

Tell him go straight down to the community officer. I think he can claim for mortgage interest benefit at the very least. I would also claim for supp. welfare , worth a shot. Not sure about the appeal side of things, I know one or two people who failed at this.

xmaslove

Oh Jesus, I didn't even know he was entitled to anything, you see this is where we have come against problems, I dont know where to go to get any advice, the social welfare office aren't much help to be honest, I wonder can that benefit be backdated, even if it wasn't it would be something. I rang the Citizens Advice Beaureau a few weeks ago and they told me to get him to go into the Social Welfare Office and claim again and if he got nothing to come back to them. So he is waiting for the letter from the Social Welfare Office to see what the story is before we go any further. If anyone has any more advice for me on this it would be great, thanks a million.

xmaslove

Damn I just read up about it, it seems that he will not be entitled to that either because I am in full time employment :mad::mad::mad::mad: I just can't believe that there is nothing that he can claim even after 12 months.

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stilll waiting on claim to be processed,signed on the12 december

soontobesmokin

Xmaslove, it depends on how much you are earning. For example if you were working fulltime and earning 3oo euro/week, of course he could apply for something, it depends on whether you are above the threshold or whatever. If I was him I would still sign on even if I was entitled to nothing as there are schemes to help people on the dole a certain period of time such as going back and doing courses or something, free of charge to those signing on( even college ). I think this is called signing for credits. Even after he makes a claim and is waiting for an answer he can go imediately ( not sure if spelt correctly ) to the community officer ( probably in your local community hall once a week for a couple of hours) and claim for supplementary welfare, and hell soon find out if he is entitled to something, nevertheless still sign on at the local welfare office.