Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Was previously 'signing on' and recently started new job?

  • 25-08-2018 03:44PM
    #1
    Hello 1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭


    I recently started a new job after signing on for Jobseekers Allowance.

    This week, my first week of work was unpaid.

    When, ideally, should I 'sign off'?

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,634 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    Hello 1 wrote: »
    I recently started a new job after signing on for Jobseekers Allowance.

    This week, my first week of work was unpaid.

    When, ideally, should I 'sign off'?

    Thanks.

    You should already have signed off.You can't claim and work.Ypu should have told SW your start date.


  • #3
    Clarifier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭Clarifier


    You should have advised the Department as soon as you knew your start date. So if you started on a Monday, you would need to advise them by the previous Thursday if on Jobseekers Allowance or Friday if on benefit so that the amount of your final payment could be amended and paid to your bank account. Then if you had to work a back week you might have been eligible for Supplementary Welfare Allowance from the CWO. That way you avoid being assessed with an overpayment which you will now have to repay.


Advertisement