reduced hours.

notadoctor

Hi everyone, I am just looking for a bit of advice here. My hours have been reduced in work to just 12 hours and I am kind of struggling, both me and my partner work and we get fis because we have a child, the thing is between the two of us we make 401 euro a week,(including fis) our outgoings with rent and bills etc it leaves very little in regards to anything else I am not talking about expensive holidays or anything fancy I am talking about little things that might come up like the car breaks down or we get a bigger esb bill than expected. we don't go out every weekend and we don't waste money on things that are not essential. I am just really wondering if I might be entitled to sign on for the extra day's that I do not work now. I know people will probably judge me for wanting to sponge off the welfare but that is not the case I just want to be able to afford things if they do come up. I am looking for a new job and have been on an interview but I did not get offered the job and I have thought about upskilling with a part time course but I simply cannot afford to do that in my current situation, to some people 401 euro a week might be a lot and I am grateful that I have a job when so many do not but honestly I was better off when I was on the dole and I am no means saying that I will quit work and go back on the dole. I am sorry if this post offends anyone that might be struggling more than I am and I am sorry for such a long drawn out post, and as usual my terrible grammar.

FortySeven

Can you not apply for your fis to be recalculated taking into account your reduced earnings?

notadoctor

FortySeven wrote: »

Can you not apply for your fis to be recalculated taking into account your reduced earnings?

from what I can gather fis can only be calculated once a year, I have asked around and that seems to be the general answer that I am getting.

FortySeven

notadoctor wrote: »

from what I can gather fis can only be calculated once a year, I have asked around and that seems to be the general answer that I am getting.

Sorry. I did not realise that. Seems really unfair. Can't help anymore I'm afraid.

Best of luck.

notadoctor

FortySeven wrote: »

Sorry. I did not realise that. Seems really unfair. Can't help anymore I'm afraid.

Best of luck.

I could be wrong, thanks for your input and advice anyway.

mp22

As your hours have been reduced you may qualify for casual JSB or JSA,call into your local office and inquire.

Eoinbmw

mp22 wrote: »

As your hours have been reduced you may qualify for casual JSB or JSA,call into your local office and inquire.

You will lose your fis payment I you make a claim!

mp22

Eoinbmw wrote: »

You will lose your fis payment I you make a claim!

Sorry I was presuming that the OP`s partner would continue to qualify for FIS.



Getting FIS with other social welfare payments

You cannot get FIS if you are on one of the following schemes or social welfare payments:

• Community Employment Scheme, Gateway, Rural Social Scheme, the Tús scheme or JobBridge.
• Jobseeker's Benefit, Jobseeker's Allowance, Jobseeker's Transitional payment or Farm Assist
• Pre-Retirement Allowance

Your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant can claim FIS while you are getting one of these payments. However an Increase for a Qualified Adult (IQA) will no longer be paid and your social welfare payment will be assessed as income for their FIS payment. Any Increase for a Qualified Child will be affected. Similarly if your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is getting one of these payments, you can qualify for FIS but an IQA will no longer be paid for you.

wokingvoter

Eoinbmw wrote: »

You will lose your fis payment I you make a claim!

The husband is claiming FIS
She can make a claim for possibly JSB but she won't be able to claim for him
In any case she should go to her local SW office to get advice