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fattyc
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Hi. If you were to be made redundant, how much do you receive in benefits? My wife earns £22k, so assume they would take that into account. How much is job seekers allowance or any other benefit I would be entitled to. Having never claimed a benefit before, not sure! Thanks
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Hi. If you were to be made redundant, how much do you receive in benefits? My wife earns £22k, so assume they would take that into account. How much is job seekers allowance or any other benefit I would be entitled to. Having never claimed a benefit before, not sure! Thanks
£60 per wk over age 250 -
£60.50 to be exact - aka not nearly enough to live on.:cool:
Erm.....nope it isnt a "joke" figure either - that really is how little it is.0 -
my understanding is that your wife's income is not taken into account for the first 6 months...after that, it would be (along with savings, etc.)
as for how little it is - was speaking to a friend in America who was made redundant and whining about the $1100/month he received in unemployment benefits as it was too little to live on...he almost fell over when I gave him the comparable figure here...and yes, I know it's more complicated than just looking at the numbers (i.e. no job = no health insurance in the US generally) but still.Does remembering a time that a certain degree of personal responsibility was more or less standard means that I am officially old?0 -
my understanding is that your wife's income is not taken into account for the first 6 months...after that, it would be (along with savings, etc.)
as for how little it is - was speaking to a friend in America who was made redundant and whining about the $1100/month he received in unemployment benefits as it was too little to live on...he almost fell over when I gave him the comparable figure here...and yes, I know it's more complicated than just looking at the numbers (i.e. no job = no health insurance in the US generally) but still.
I think you'll find he's making it up. Unless he's taken out some insurance for himself.0 -
You're wife's salary is taken into account IMMEDIATELY. My partner was made redundant and gets NO jobseekers allowance as he had not been working continuously for 2 years, therefore had not paid enough NI. Because I have a job, he isn't entitled to any. Had he worked for 2 years, or I didn't work, he would be entitled to £60.50 per week. This is how it works:
1. no longer working but had worked for 2 years or more before claim = £60.50 per week in 'Contributions Based Jobseekers Allowance'
2. no longer working but had not worked for 2 years or more before claim = £60.50 per week in 'Income based jobseekers allowance'
(unless your partner works and earns above a certain amount - which isn't very much either)0
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