Hours being reduced but husband work full-time - help?

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Asking for a friend...

Married couple. Man works full-time, gets about €450 p/w gross. She works 20hrs over 5 days.

She's been told her hours are being cut to 15 and down to 3 days.

Is there any point in her applying for Casual Jobseekers Allowance. She has never claimed before. Both in their 50's and have 1 child in Uni aged 20.

She's on roughly €13.50 per hour. I kind of tried to work out her weekly means and got €85ish but I'm not sure if I did it right but I forgot that his income will be assessed also.

Any adviced would be much appreciated.

trishawisha

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Asking for a friend...

Married couple. Man works full-time, gets about €450 p/w gross. She works 20hrs over 5 days.

She's been told her hours are being cut to 15 and down to 3 days.

Is there any point in her applying for Casual Jobseekers Allowance. She has never claimed before. Both in their 50's and have 1 child in Uni aged 20.

She's on roughly €13.50 per hour. I kind of tried to work out her weekly means and got €85ish but I'm not sure if I did it right but I forgot that his income will be assessed also.

Any adviced would be much appreciated.

I think it depends on whether she would qualify for jobseekers benefit or allowance. Benefit is not means tested, I'm working 3 days and claim E75 p/w from social. She would fill in casual x and o dockets. If its allowance, the husband's wages are taken into account and she may not get anything. Hth

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trishawisha wrote: »

I think it depends on whether she would qualify for jobseekers benefit or allowance. Benefit is not means tested, I'm working 3 days and claim E75 p/w from social. She would fill in casual x and o dockets. If its allowance, the husband's wages are taken into account and she may not get anything. Hth

Do you know how long you can claim JB before it runs out by any chance?

trishawisha

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Do you know how long you can claim JB before it runs out by any chance?

I've been claiming for over 1 year and no mention of it running out with the casual dockets.
I could be wrong but because I am working and contributing to prsi it is ongoing.
She wont be able to work over 3 days and claim though. Her rate of pay is not taken into account for JB

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trishawisha wrote: »

I've been claiming for over 1 year and no mention of it running out with the casual dockets.
I could be wrong but because I am working and contributing to prsi it is ongoing.
She wont be able to work over 3 days and claim though. Her rate of pay is not taken into account for JB

Do you mind me asking if your rate of pay is not taken into account and neither is your spouses income - then on what basis did they decide your claim was €75 per week - what is their basis for assessment.

Shes working about 10 years non-stop but I think her income was always below the PRSI limit. So do her employer prsi contributions count?

Also her employer has just given her a letter to the effect, is that enough for the DSW?

trishawisha

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Do you mind me asking if your rate of pay is not taken into account and neither is your spouses income - then on what basis did they decide your claim was €75 per week - what is their basis for assessment.

Shes working about 10 years non-stop but I think her income was always below the PRSI limit. So do her employer prsi contributions count?
Also her employer has just given her a letter to the effect, is that enough for the DSW?

Full benefit - 188
Divided by 5 days in week 37
Multiple by 2 days unemployment equals 75 **** figures are rough
I think her prsi should be fine, the dsw will probably give her a checklist anyway looking for more Info. Its sounds like she should be fine, but she won't know for sure till they tell her.

wmpdd3

As she only worked 20 hours per week before her hours were cut she may get a lower rate than the poster above.

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wmpdd3 wrote: »

As she only worked 20 hours per week before her hours were cut she may get a lower rate than the poster above.

Is there a link or anything to the rules on JB or anything. I have looked up Citizens Information for her but it only gives the same rules as the lady above posted.

It seems to indicate to me anyway that it's based on PRSI contributions and not rate of pay or spousal income.

wmpdd3

It was this I was thinking of.

Jobseeker's Benefit is not paid for the first 3 days you are unemployed (the first 3 days are any 3 days, not necessarily consecutive, in a period of 7 consecutive days).

If you are unemployed for a second time within 26 weeks of your last JB payment your application for Jobseeker's Benefit is not treated as a new claim and you do not have another 3 days of non-payment.


Weekly Jobseeker's Benefit payment in 2013:

Average weekly earnings Personal rate Qualified adult rate
Less than €150 €84.50 €80.90
€150 - €219.99 €121.40 €80.90
€220 - €299.99 €147.30 €80.90
€300 or more €188 €124.80

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/unemployed_people/jobseekers_benefit.html#l62fd2