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Part time with kids

  • 16-03-2012 8:25pm
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    Antibac
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    Hi
    My wife will be giving up work as we are due our 2nd baby and child care is to expensive. My question is this. What benefits can we apply for? My job is permanent but seasonal so 6 months I would only be doing 2-3 days
    Thanks


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  • #2
    eastbono
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    Antibac wrote: »
    Hi
    My wife will be giving up work as we are due our 2nd baby and child care is to expensive. My question is this. What benefits can we apply for? My job is permanent but seasonal so 6 months I would only be doing 2-3 days
    Thanks

    In view of the fact that your wife is giving up work of her own accord and staying at home to mind children she will not be entitled to jobseekers benefit or jobseekers allowance. You on the other hand depending on what your earnings are when in full time employment can apply for family income supplement which takes about 5 months to process from reading other posts on here.
    http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Publications/SW22/Pages/1WhatisFamilyIncomeSupplement.aspx

    If your days are reduced from full time to 2-3 days you can apply for casual jobseekers benefit/allowance depending on which one you qualify for. But be aware that if you are currently going through the seasonal 6 months of reduced days and your working pattern is 2-3 days you may not qualify for jsb as this is your working pattern and you will not have any substantial loss and will have to apply for jsa which is means tested. But when you go back on your 6 months full time and when you are again being seasonally adjusted you should qualify for jobseekers benefit as you will have substantial loss of employment.

    If in receipt of FIS at the time of making your js casual claim.... FIS is payment suspended or closed and you will have to re-apply for FIS again as you cannot receive FIS when on a jsb/jsa payment.


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