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Back Dated Job Seekers Benefit ??

  • 13-08-2010 10:16am
    #1
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭


    quick summary

    working 10 years in same company and last year was put on 3 day week , then i claimed the other 2 days , then in Jan of this year i got a 2 day week job so was back to full-time employment all be it with 2 jobs , then in Jun the 2 day week job had to let me go , no i didnt apply for jobseekers benefit as i had a few quid and it wasnt urgent , now it is and was hoping i could claim back since i was let go

    is there any hope of this ???


Comments

  • #2
    gustafo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gustafo


    no you will only get it from the time you go in and let them know


  • #3
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    gustafo wrote: »
    no you will only get it from the time you go in and let them know

    alright cheers

    thats that so

    hardworking joe gets fooked over as usual while free loaders get it all

    cheers


  • #4
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    hardworking joe gets fooked over as usual while free loaders get it all

    But, you didn't apply for it. If you had, then the hard worker would have gotten exactly what they were entitled to, just like anyone would.


  • #5
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    jor el wrote: »
    But, you didn't apply for it. If you had, then the hard worker would have gotten exactly what they were entitled to, just like anyone would.

    yes

    but why can't it be backdated ???

    i asked the girl ( who was a complete tool ) she said " they dont know if you have been away on holidays or flying in and out on a regular basis " i gawped at her in dis belief , the neck of her to which i replied " where would i go considering i work , mon , wed , fri in my other job and with what money considering i have a mortgage , she knew all this , what a stupid statement to make


  • #6
    tommy21
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭tommy21


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    yes

    but why can't it be backdated ???

    i asked the girl ( who was a complete tool ) she said " they dont know if you have been away on holidays or flying in and out on a regular basis " i gawped at her in dis belief , the neck of her to which i replied " where would i go considering i work , mon , wed , fri in my other job and with what money considering i have a mortgage , she knew all this , what a stupid statement to make

    It is both of your own fault for not applying sooner, not the social welfare office or the staff working there. They are not mind readers, and only have your word that you qualified (i.e. were not working on those days) on the days you are looking to have backdated. The whole point of bringing in those yellow slips (which is what both of you would be doing as casual JSA/JSB claimaints) is that an ongoing record can be kept while your claim is processed. Sure else anyone could just come in and say "Oh can you backdate that, I was not working for 6 months before applying." Obviously I am not saying either of you are doing that, but these rules are in place to prevent the 10% that would chance their arm from doing so. It is a sucky situation when you know you are entitled to it and I empathise. For instance when I first applied for JSB, I asked for it to be backdated as I was unaware for a bit of my entitlements. I sent them a nice letter when applying and in fairness they gave me an extra month backdated, although they disallowed the month and half before that. So they might do something for you depending on who you talk to. But to blame it on "freeloaders" or on staff just doing their jobs is wrong when it is you who didn't make the effort to claim when you had the free time to do so.


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