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  • 27-06-2021 2:58pm
    #1
    techgod2014
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Can anyone tell me how much might come off my jsa as my wife just started a 30 hour a week job and I was getting adult dependant and child dependant and I can’t hand in her first payslip until she has a day off so won’t know if it’s even worth her working


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  • #2
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    techgod2014 wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me how much might come off my jsa as my wife just started a 30 hour a week job and I was getting adult dependant and child dependant and I can’t hand in her first payslip until she has a day off so won’t know if it’s even worth her working

    No way of knowing without working from her wage, but once she's not earning much she is also entitled to Working Family Payment, which is a much better option when one member of the family is working.


  • #3
    Marymoore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭Marymoore


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    No way of knowing without working from her wage, but once she's not earning much she is also entitled to Working Family Payment, which is a much better option when one member of the family is working.

    Why do you say working family payment is a better option? You get paid more altogether by claiming JSA. You will still keep a good chunk of your payment OP. If u want to pm me her hourly rate of pay I’ll do the calculations for you and compare


  • #4
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Marymoore wrote: »
    Why do you say working family payment is a better option? You get paid more altogether by claiming JSA. You will still keep a good chunk of your payment OP. If u want to pm me her hourly rate of pay I’ll do the calculations for you and compare

    Because on WFP, the person not working does not have to worry about being forced into activation meetings, schemes or courses that they could be penalised for not attending. This is coming from directly personal experience.


  • #5
    Marymoore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭Marymoore


    ShaShaBear wrote: »
    Because on WFP, the person not working does not have to worry about being forced into activation meetings, schemes or courses that they could be penalised for not attending. This is coming from directly personal experience.

    Oh in that case you’re probably right. Do they really force you into things?


  • #6
    Dempo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,051 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    Marymoore wrote: »
    Oh in that case you’re probably right. Do they really force you into things?

    They do absolutely, whilst I agree in the principle of supports, the current jobs path activation schemes are pretty dreadful, ample threads re Turas Nua and Seetac to be found across boards and Jobspath generally across the net.

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




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  • #7
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    Marymoore wrote: »
    Oh in that case you’re probably right. Do they really force you into things?

    In some cases, it can be very good (depending on the people in SW you are going to be dealing with) but as Dempo1 said, things like Seetec and Turas Nua have almost criminally-bad records among social welfare recipients. My husband had a particularly horrid experience that even involved regional management because they were not happy that he was unwilling to do courses for qualifications he already had.

    Generally in a family setting with kids involved, Working Family Payment saves you financially and emotionally. The payment might be less overall than what the non-working parent could claim, but if that person was forced into a scheme or course that resulted in childcare being needed and additional travel expenses being incurred, the JSA might not work out being much more anyway. WFP is also paid into the bank weekly, which means no signing-on (I know that's not relevant right now) and no weekly trips to the Post Office to collect the cash. As well as that, the OP could apply for home carer's tax credit and transfer tax credits to his wife, allowing her to bring home a better wage overall.


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