Getting Dole (JSB) and working part time

May Feign

I've been getting the Jobseekers Benefit since October (€196 a week)
Just bumped into an old friend there who runs a bar and offered me 20 hours a week,broke into 3 shifts.
I was just wondering what i would lose in my dole,would the role even be worth my while taking.
He says one of the shifts is on a Sunday which shouldnt affect my dole.

And before you ask,its not 'under the table'

tommy21

May Feign wrote: »

I've been getting the Jobseekers Benefit since October (€196 a week)
Just bumped into an old friend there who runs a bar and offered me 20 hours a week,broke into 3 shifts.
I was just wondering what i would lose in my dole,would the role even be worth my while taking.
He says one of the shifts is on a Sunday which shouldnt affect my dole.

And before you ask,its not 'under the table'

Take the work. Firstly, you won't lose your JSB as you'll technically be working only 2 days per week (not counting Sunday). You can actually work 3 days a week (four if you include Sunday) and not lose your social welfare. You will lose one sixth of your dole each day you work (about €33/day), but you will in fact make more working even at minimum wage.

Secondly, its worth taking the work because when something proper comes along you want to apply for, it looks much better to have done something rather than having been on social welfare for x amount of time.

Thirdly, by working your JSB credits will be extended, meaning it will last longer.

I am on JSB too and had to switch to casual JSB as I got a one day a week job (2 days the very odd week) in December. This will be the same for you. You will no longer have to sign on once a month. Instead they will send you 4 yellow casual slips per month. Each week you fill it out and just drop it in the box in your social welfare (no more queueing!). You will also be paid by cheque rather than the post office, so your very first cheque payment will probably be 10 days after your last post office payment (keep checking the post office for a while though, I continued to get payment there for 2 weeks even after they told me it would be by cheque. Suddenly it wasn't there and 10 days later I got my next payment). Way it works is that you submit your slip by Thursday for that week. They do out the figures Friday, cheque posted Monday and it arrives to you Tuesday. In Cork City anyway.

edit: that €33 doesn't apply to Sunday

May Feign

so i'd be down 66 quid,but lets say job is tenner an hour,i stand to make 200,so id be up 140

thanks a mil for the reply,really helpful

whats the next step? do i go to dole office and get forms or what?

tommy21

May Feign wrote: »

so i'd be down 66 quid,but lets say job is tenner an hour,i stand to make 200,so id be up 140

thanks a mil for the reply,really helpful

whats the next step? do i go to dole office and get forms or what?

Get the job set up first. They will give you a form for your employer to sign to prove you have job etc. you drop it back and go from there!

May Feign

tommy21 wrote: »

Get the job set up first. They will give you a form for your employer to sign to prove you have job etc. you drop it back and go from there!

Rang Dominick Street there and they said to get a letter from bar saying im starting. Meeting bar manager on monday. Its actually a weight off my shoulders that im at least finally earning something.
Cheers for the replies Tommy