Jobsbridge Bargaining?

LadyLucinda

Just read on the jobsbridge website that it is OK for employers to to pay expenses. Does this go on much? If offered a jobsbridge position should you at least ask for your rent to be covered? Also does it happen that jobsbridge candidates approach employers that they would like to work for instead of employers advertising?

Stheno

LadyLucinda wrote: »

Just read on the jobsbridge website that it is OK for employers to to pay expenses. Does this go on much? If offered a jobsbridge position should you at least ask for your rent to be covered?

Eh rent wouldn't be considered an expense, it's a taxable benefit if paid by your employer.

LadyLucinda

Stheno wrote: »

Eh rent wouldn't be considered an expense, it's a taxable benefit if paid by your employer.

So what happens in most cases in practice?

Stheno

LadyLucinda wrote: »

So what happens in most cases in practice?

People pay their own rent out of their net wages/salary?

LadyLucinda

Stheno wrote: »

People pay their own rent out of their net wages/salary?

So if you don't consider rent as being an expense, what would you class as one? What expenses do employers pay if it is allowed?

Stheno

LadyLucinda wrote: »

So if you don't consider rent as being an expense, what would you class as one? What expenses do employers pay if it is allowed?

It's on the jobsbridge site : https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/JobBridge-Interns.aspx

Out of pocket expenses - There is nothing to prevent a host organisation reimbursing an intern for expenses incurred as part of the internship. However, expenses should not be provided for normal activities such as travel to and from the intern's base and normal expenditure incurred on a day to day basis

So you could incur expenses if you had to travel to another site, which can be reimbursed, or if you were away from your normal base for a period of time, you might be reimbursed subsistence expenses.

Basically expenses that you incur as part of doing the internship, not expenses for day to day living.

hairyslug

LadyLucinda wrote: »

So if you don't consider rent as being an expense, what would you class as one? What expenses do employers pay if it is allowed?

Probably standard expenses that would occur in any job, lunches, phone calls, petrol (for driving while doing your job)

eeguy

Stheno wrote: »

It's on the jobsbridge site : https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/JobBridge-Interns.aspx



So you could incur expenses if you had to travel to another site, which can be reimbursed, or if you were away from your normal base for a period of time, you might be reimbursed subsistence expenses.

Basically expenses that you incur as part of doing the internship, not expenses for day to day living.

Say you had to travel to Cork for 2 days for work. Your travel, hotel and food would be expenses.

Your daily commute to the office, nor rent is covered.
I wouldn't count lunches either, unless as mentioned you're required to be away from your home for a duration.

Stheno

hairyslug wrote: »

Probably standard expenses that would occur in any job, lunches, phone calls, petrol (for driving while doing your job)

Lunches are classed as a taxable benefit outside of subsistence.

There are very few expenses that can be claimed out side of susbsistence and mileage tbh

LadyLucinda

Thanks for the responses and clearing that up for me.