Confused about Part Time Jobseeker's Benefits

LickiRake · 30-08-2011 10:10AM #1

Hi, I'm wondering if anybody could help me. I was on the x's and o's around this time last year, but stopped because I was picking up close too 5 Days work. Work is beginning to get slow now and my hours are bit all over the place, 10 hours one week, 45 the next! What I'm wondering is would I be still entitled to go on the x's and o's even do I work 5 day week's sometimes? I ask because I have read that you must be out of work for at least 3 days to apply but my friends all tell me they work 4 and 5 days sometimes with no problems. Cheers for any feedback would greatly appreciate it!

eastbono · 30-08-2011 05:23PM

You can open a casual claim if some weeks you are working 3 days or less. The weeks you work >3 days you will not be paid for.

LickiRake · 31-08-2011 12:41PM

Just called in to them today to check and was told because some weeks I work 5 days I wasn't entitled to anything, which is absolutely ridiculous because my brother whose on the full dole and rent allowance ends up with more money(after rent and bills)for the week than I do.

westendgirlie · 31-08-2011 02:35PM

Why are you expecting to get paid dole for days you are working?

If that was the case, all full time employed people should get the dole too.

egan2020 · 31-08-2011 02:57PM

LickiRake wrote: »

Hi, I'm wondering if anybody could help me. I was on the x's and o's around this time last year, but stopped because I was picking up close too 5 Days work. Work is beginning to get slow now and my hours are bit all over the place, 10 hours one week, 45 the next! What I'm wondering is would I be still entitled to go on the x's and o's even do I work 5 day week's sometimes? I ask because I have read that you must be out of work for at least 3 days to apply but my friends all tell me they work 4 and 5 days sometimes with no problems. Cheers for any feedback would greatly appreciate it!

If you work a ten hour week consisting of five 2 hour days then you won't be entitled to anything for that week. It basically doesn't matter if you work an hour or twelve in a day, it's still classed as a day's work.

mitty87 · 31-08-2011 03:35PM

westendgirlie wrote: »

Why are you expecting to get paid dole for days you are working?

If that was the case, all full time employed people should get the dole too.

sometimes the dole is more, I know that when I work 2 hours on x's and o's I get 18 euro. I am means tested each day I work by 20 euro. It costs me almost a tenner to drive to and from work a day. Sometimes its not worth declaring that you worked for one day when the pay is so low and the hours so utterly crap.

mp22 · 31-08-2011 04:39PM

mitty87 wrote: »

sometimes the dole is more, I know that when I work 2 hours on x's and o's I get 18 euro. I am means tested each day I work by 20 euro. It costs me almost a tenner to drive to and from work a day. Sometimes its not worth declaring that you worked for one day when the pay is so low and the hours so utterly crap.

Not declaring a day would be fraud.
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