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Question before I report to SW Office

  • 23-04-2010 7:19pm
    #1
    jrochie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    First of all sorry if this is in the wrong section.
    Found out today I was being put down to a 3 day week effective monday. I'm planning on going into my local SW office monday. I've only been in the job since the start of june last year and since I bounced between college and work before this that I won't qualify for JSB, so I'll be applying for JSA.

    Now I've had issues with my employer before regarding payment, I received nothing from december to february although he did pay my tax as if I had been working for him. I had no major issue with it at the time as I was able to pick up work with a former employer over the christmas period so I came out with practically the exact same amount of money.
    I also decided that I wanted to start my own business, doing exactly what I had been doing in this job. I bought a business name, early december, and worked on my website and a couple of other things for this.

    Now so far I haven't registered the business for tax, nor really start it out except for the website, which is live but not very active. In other words I've not had any income from this business yet. My question is will this effect me if I sign on? I will be available for work the days I'm off and any work I put into this new business would be done in the evening and weekends.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,431 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    If you're signing for JSB, you're not allowed to have any income from self-employment.

    Obviously you can pursue any hobbies you want, provided you're available for and looking for full time work.

    If one of those hobbies happened to turn into a business that generates income at a later date (once you're off welfare), then that's a good thing. But I don't think you should be telling Welfare about a hobby like that at this stage.

    (You might get more advice in the State Benefits forum)


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