Offered a 24 hour contract

krustydoyle

Hi folks,

Got offered a 24 hour contract (2x12 hour shifts at weekends) job today for €10 per hour so I want to know if I will come off the dole completely or if I'm entitled to sign on considering its only part time I'll be working. Just wondering if I lose all my payment as I've been on job seekers allowance

Thanks in advance

smjm

Congrats on the job!

If you're considered long-term unemployed, you could qualify for the Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme:

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/social_welfare_payments_and_work/part_time_job_incentive_scheme.html

Don't know the ins and outs of the system otherwise, but I'm pretty sure you'd still be entitled to something. You could enquire at either your local intreo or citizens information office, although I'm sure someone else will also reply to your question here in due course!

MFlack2012

smjm wrote: »

Congrats on the job!

If you're considered long-term unemployed, you could qualify for the Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme:

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/social_welfare_payments_and_work/part_time_job_incentive_scheme.html

Don't know the ins and outs of the system otherwise, but I'm pretty sure you'd still be entitled to something. You could enquire at either your local intreo or citizens information office, although I'm sure someone else will also reply to your question here in due course!

You can only work 20 hours or less over three days per week to claim Casuals payment.

scamalert

dont quote me on it but think its 19h 30min or just 19 hours,they are actually quite strict at least in the office i was about it,thus extra hour is usually make or break situation,from what it looked like.

That said if you do get the job,and need to sign off you would be making aprox few euro more then on welfare,and not needing to sign or collect your dole,is good break either way,since while working couple days this still opens you up to plenty of time to look for another job,and depending on role your getting few jobs come with eventually leading to do extra hours or shifts.

best would be to confirm that with DSP,since you will need to inform them anyway thus pop into your local and see what benefits you could keep,on such contract.

infogiver

Must be less than 24 hours

krustydoyle

infogiver wrote: »

Must be less than 24 hours

So it can be 24 then? but not a minute over it?

blowin3

I got a part time job working two 12 hour shifts and handing X and O's dockets. Firstly my payment was delayed (3 weeks) due to my employer not filling out a form called UP16 regarding hours I have worked etc in the last 13 weeks and I only working 2 weeks. Now I find myself 6 weeks later with no payment and welfare tells me that maybe next week as the lady looking at it is on holidays. On a side note my wife also got part time work 3 days a week back in December and had her claim as a dependent cut from 124 to 50 due to her earning roughly 180 over the 3 days. Her hours have been cut to one day a week to 60e and last week no work. Her claim so now stuck due to me going back to work.

Think long and hard about taking up part time work as I would be better off sitting at home and claiming my full entitlements and not in the position I am in now. So good luck but tread carefully as the system is not set to help part time workers.

BabyWillis

Assuming your single it would work out as follows:
12@10e =120 per day
120x2= 240 per week
240 minus 20e for each day worked = 200 x 60% = 120
120e is your weekly means, which is a daily means of 60e.
This means for every day worked you deduct 60e from your Jobseeker's Allowance.
So you should still get 73e for working the two days, 193-60-60=73e

qir

blowin3 wrote: »

I got a part time job working two 12 hour shifts and handing X and O's dockets. Firstly my payment was delayed (3 weeks) due to my employer not filling out a form called UP16 regarding hours I have worked etc in the last 13 weeks and I only working 2 weeks. Now I find myself 6 weeks later with no payment and welfare tells me that maybe next week as the lady looking at it is on holidays. On a side note my wife also got part time work 3 days a week back in December and had her claim as a dependent cut from 124 to 50 due to her earning roughly 180 over the 3 days. Her hours have been cut to one day a week to 60e and last week no work. Her claim so now stuck due to me going back to work.

Think long and hard about taking up part time work as I would be better off sitting at home and claiming my full entitlements and not in the position I am in now. So good luck but tread carefully as the system is not set to help part time workers.

This is it, they are just the biggest shower of......They can't be that stupid so it's deliberate in the hope you'll give up.

keithkk16

Sorry to be bringing up an old post, but I've been looking into the same thing recently as I've got my hours cut from 32 to 24 hours.

So if you work exactly 24 hours can you apply for the Incentive scheme? Are they strict?