jobseekers and holidays

dani049

hi everyone. my boyfriend lives abroad and we are goin through a rough patch at the minute he has offered to buy a ticket for me to come visit but its a long journey and he wants me to stay 3-4 weeks to try and patch things up. i am on jobseekers at the minute my understanding is i can take 2 weeks holidays and still get paid. am i allowed take 3/4 weeks (and obviously not get paid for any time past the 2 weeks) or would they cancel my claim or how does it work

lollsangel

dani049 wrote: »

hi everyone. my boyfriend lives abroad and we are goin through a rough patch at the minute he has offered to buy a ticket for me to come visit but its a long journey and he wants me to stay 3-4 weeks to try and patch things up. i am on jobseekers at the minute my understanding is i can take 2 weeks holidays and still get paid. am i allowed take 3/4 weeks (and obviously not get paid for any time past the 2 weeks) or would they cancel my claim or how does it work

Youll get paid for the 2, and your claim will be suspended until you come back. Make sure you give the correct dates though or else you may be penalised. I went to visit the inlws while on jsa for 4 weeks and this is how it worked for me

dani049

lollsangel wrote: »

Youll get paid for the 2, and your claim will be suspended until you come back. Make sure you give the correct dates though or else you may be penalised. I went to visit the inlws while on jsa for 4 weeks and this is how it worked for me

grand so they will let me go for 3/4 weeks and i will be paid for 2? thats fine, i just thought they might cancel my jobseekers completly if i went for more than 2

lollsangel

dani049 wrote: »

grand so they will let me go for 3/4 weeks and i will be paid for 2? thats fine, i just thought they might cancel my jobseekers completly if i went for more than 2

Well I went in 2011, doubt it changed since

eastbono

If you are out of the country for more than 4 weeks your claim will be closed and you will have to make a repeat claim and will not receive payment for holidays. If its 4 weeks or under your claim will be payment suspended and you will be paid for 2 weeks holidays when you return.

dani049

thanks for that i will make sure he books it for less than 4 weeks then

will this stop me going away for the rest of the year or can i still go away but wont get paid? my sister is getting married at the end of the year and she lives abroad so i cant miss that

eastbono

You can go away again but you would receive any payment. You will still have to complete a holiday form.