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New job - questions re: OPF, FIS and working month in hand.

Sharebear · 2014-09-15 08:18:04

Hi everyone, I have been working and receiving a reduced rate One Parent Family payment of €97.8 and a FIS payment of €49 per week. I just finished up my job this weekend and will be starting a new job next week. My new job will put me over the earnings limit for OPF. I have a couple of questions regarding this. 1) What do…

15-09-2014 8:18am

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Sharebear

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Hi everyone,

I have been working and receiving a reduced rate One Parent Family payment of €97.8 and a FIS payment of €49 per week. I just finished up my job this weekend and will be starting a new job next week. My new job will put me over the earnings limit for OPF. I have a couple of questions regarding this.

1) What do I need to do re: OPF, do I write to them or will a call to my local welfare office to inform them of my new situation suffice? My P45 has not been issued to me yet so cannot post it on.

2) I know a change in your earnings is not usually meant to affect your FIS claim. However I also I gather from the citizens information website that when you cease to be entitled for OPF due to your child being overage your FIS entitlement increases. What about my case as I also am not entitled to OPF anymore?

3) I have to work a month in hand for this new job. Is there anything I would be entitled to that would help me get through this period of no pay? I'm very financially stressed, I have little savings and have a loan and a mortgage to pay.

Any help is appreciated. I'm very frustrated at the moment, I'm trying to claw my way out of the welfare trap but I'm actually going to be less better off with this new job than I am in my old one.

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