Dole while on leave??

Zeppelinstairw

Hi, this is my first post here an couldn't find anything related... Here goes.

I was recently informed just the other day that from Monday next I'm going to be placed on unpaid leave from my job for the foreseeable future... I earn a salary not a wage so that takes me out of the casual dole (I think), and I am not being sacked or let go, I will still be an employee of the company but put on leave due to lack of business until things pick up... I'm there over 5 years and have been paying my taxes an stamps for over 10 years now, and never claimed any type of social welfare so this is all new to me...

Am I entitled to any sort of social welfare support, as I cant live without money. Have to buy food, rent, bills etc the usual things of the average person, I technically am not unemployed though which is whats doing my nut in...

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as I have a very poor understanding of the welfare system

Sleepy

Sounds like they're trying to get out of paying your redundancy tbh.

mp22

Redundancy occurs when you lose your job due to the closure of a business or a reduction of the workforce. This can happen due to lack of work available or the financial circumstances of the firm.
Alternatively, an employer may lay you off or put you on short time for a number of weeks.
Under the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967-2007 a lay-off situation arises where your employer is unable to provide work for you, but believes this to be a temporary situation and gives you notification of the lay off before the work finishes.
A short-time situation arises where, due to a reduction in the amount of work to be done, your pay or hours are less than half the normal weekly amount. This must be a temporary situation and your employer must notify you before the reduction starts.


http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment_and_redundancy/redundancy/lay_off_short_time_working_and_redundancy.html

You would find it difficult enough to claim JSB without a P45.

eastbono

Zeppelinstairw wrote: »

Hi, this is my first post here an couldn't find anything related... Here goes.

I was recently informed just the other day that from Monday next I'm going to be placed on unpaid leave from my job for the foreseeable future... I earn a salary not a wage so that takes me out of the casual dole (I think), and I am not being sacked or let go, I will still be an employee of the company but put on leave due to lack of business until things pick up... I'm there over 5 years and have been paying my taxes an stamps for over 10 years now, and never claimed any type of social welfare so this is all new to me...

Am I entitled to any sort of social welfare support, as I cant live without money. Have to buy food, rent, bills etc the usual things of the average person, I technically am not unemployed though which is whats doing my nut in...

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated as I have a very poor understanding of the welfare system

Get a letter from your employer stating that you are being put on a temp lay off specifying the start date of this lay off. Go to you sw office on Monday even if you dont have the letter (you can provide this when you get it from work) and apply for jobseekers benefit. SW see this type of situation all the time.

good logs...

Sleepy wrote: »

Sounds like they're trying to get out of paying your redundancy tbh.

agree with sleepy on that.