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3 Day Week question

  • 07-03-2011 4:50pm
    #1
    freddquinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi Guys
    For the past 6 years or so I've been in full time work, working 5 days from Monday to Friday, not long after I started I was asked to work Sunday as well, so was working 6 days.

    I have now been put on a 3 day week, but will be allowed to work Sundays also. I understand I can claim for the 2 days I am not working, but will the fact that I am working on Sunday go against me? I seem to remember a friend telling me that weekend work doesn't affect dole payments.


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  • #2
    Chieftain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 322 ✭✭Chieftain


    Social Welfare doesnt take Sundays into account at all, so you can work every Sunday without it effecting your Jobseekers payment


  • #3
    faw1tytowers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 486 ✭✭faw1tytowers


    this happened to me before and I never saw a penny from the social. Signed on every week the days I was off. Was on about 9 euro an hour at the time and doing 3 day week. Sometimes I got half days but never worked more than 20 hrs


  • #4
    Chieftain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 322 ✭✭Chieftain


    if you were only working 3 days then social welfare would pay you. there is no reason they would not give you money, unless you were working 3 12 hour days, which would be considered a full weeks work


  • #5
    Granger13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭Granger13


    freddquinn wrote: »
    Hi Guys
    For the past 6 years or so I've been in full time work, working 5 days from Monday to Friday, not long after I started I was asked to work Sunday as well, so was working 6 days.

    I have now been put on a 3 day week, but will be allowed to work Sundays also. I understand I can claim for the 2 days I am not working, but will the fact that I am working on Sunday go against me? I seem to remember a friend telling me that weekend work doesn't affect dole payments.

    If your employer reduces the number of days you work you can claim for the days that you are unemployed, you must be unemployed for at least 3 days out of the 6. As Chieftain says Sunday is not taken into account as its not considered as a days employment as long as you dont earn for that day more than what your max rate on Jobseekers Benefit/Allowance would be. So you could actually work 3 days plus a sunday.


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