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  • 18-09-2009 11:24pm
    #1
    mac09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭


    in receipt of jobseekers benefit. it said on the form that i would receive it for no more than 234 days. so is this 234 to be taken as:

    1. 234 days from the start of payment
    2. 234 working days from the start of payment
    3. 234 actual days of payment from the start of payment (i.e. 2 per week)

    im on a 3 day week so getting it for 2 days per week

    cheers


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  • #2
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    mac09 wrote: »
    in receipt of jobseekers benefit. it said on the form that i would receive it for no more than 234 days. so is this 234 to be taken as:

    1. 234 days from the start of payment
    2. 234 working days from the start of payment
    3. 234 actual days of payment from the start of payment (i.e. 2 per week)

    im on a 3 day week so getting it for 2 days per week

    cheers
    Good question. Ive looked on the SW website and citizens information website to no avail. If anyone has an answer to this im all ears. Im coming to the end of my 234 days i think.


  • #3
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    social welfare calculations are based on a six day week. You are on a 2 day week so should see some benefit for the other three days depending on how much your three day brings in so 274/3 = 78.
    By my reckoning as long as you stay on a three day week you are good for 1.5yrs.


  • #4
    mac09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭mac09


    Greenmachine wrote: »
    social welfare calculations are based on a six day week. You are on a 2 day week so should see some benefit for the other three days depending on how much your three day brings in so 274/3 = 78.
    By my reckoning as long as you stay on a three day week you are good for 1.5yrs.


    no u have this wrong

    its based on a 5 day week as i am on systematic short time


  • #5
    Xiney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    I think it's 8 months no matter what, although maybe Graham from CI will be able to answer this.


  • #6
    cee_jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭cee_jay


    It is 234 actual days of payment from the start of payment (i.e. 2 per week)

    If you were on JSB - not SST - but receiving the full amount of JB every week, then each week you would be paid 6 days.
    So, in this situation your JSB would last for 39 weeks in total.

    As you are on SST, and getting paid only 2 days a week, then your JSB could technically last 117 weeks if you were still on 3 day week at that stage.


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  • #7
    mac09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭mac09


    cAr0l wrote: »
    It is 234 actual days of payment from the start of payment (i.e. 2 per week)

    If you were on JSB - not SST - but receiving the full amount of JB every week, then each week you would be paid 6 days.
    So, in this situation your JSB would last for 39 weeks in total.

    As you are on SST, and getting paid only 2 days a week, then your JSB could technically last 117 weeks if you were still on 3 day week at that stage.

    appreciate the full answer, thanks


  • #8
    mac09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭mac09


    im still unsure as i have seen this on the citizens info website:

    From 15 October 2008, Jobseeker's Benefit can be paid for a maximum of 9 months to:
    • New claimants who have less than 260 paid contributions
    • People getting Jobseeker’s Benefit for less than 3 months on 15 October 2008 who have less than 260 paid contributions.
    this refers to my particulat situation and im not sure if the months change if the full claim is not made each week


  • #9
    Citizens Information: Graham
    Company Representative Posts: 85 Verified rep ✭Citizens Information: Graham


    Hi all


    as cAr0l said, Jobseeker's Benefit (JB) is payable for a certain number of days. At the moment it is paid for either 234 days or 312 days, depending on contributions.

    For someone who is fully unemployed, the length of the entitlement is based on a 6 day week and is equivalent to 9 months (234 / 6 = 39 weeks) or 12 months (312 / 6 = 52 weeks).

    If your working week has been reduced from 5 days to 3 days on a temporary basis, you are classed as a systematic short-time worker. In this case the SW week is 5 days and you will be paid JB for 2 days per week – the rate is 2/5ths of a full week’s JB. Again, as cAr0l said, your entitlement to JB could last for either 117 weeks (234 / 2) or 156 weeks (312 / 2). For systematic short-time workers, JB is not taxable.

    However, if you have been a systematic short-time worker and it turns out there is no expectation of returning to full-time work, you may be re-assessed as a part-time worker. For part-time workers, the SW week is 6 days and JB is taxable. In this case, if you were working 3 days per week you would be paid 3 days of JB per week and the rate would be 3/6ths of a full week’s JB.

    Graham


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