JSA - changing dates and holidays

Fat_Debtor

Hi

I'm about to go on holiday for 2 weeks - all bought and paid for before I was made redundant. I now need to know whether I still get JSA for the time I'm away - I'm going out of europe BTW.

Do I have to sign off for those 2 weeks, or is there a way of keeping my claim? I'm not really bothered about losing 2 weeks JSA, but don't want to have to go through the hassle of starting my claim from scratch again. If I DO have to sign off for the 2 weeks, how does this affect the mortgage interest relief I'm now receiving? As I say, I don't mind losing the 2 weeks JSA, but don't want to lose my mortgage payments - does anyone know if I would should I sign off for a 2 week foreign holiday? Waiting 13 weeks to claim it again would cause major hardships.

Also, I go away the day before I usually sign - how easy is it to change signing dates? Are there any decent, er, 'excuses' for doing this?

healy

Yes you do need to sign off and sign back on again after, you cannot be paid when you are abroad.

You will be able to do a rapid reclaim to sign back on.

laurenjs88

Phone in sick! lol I went to america on JSA for 2 weeks & the lady told me to phone in sick, so my claimed wasnt stopped then started again. However i was pregnant so wasnt "actively" seeking work but didnt have enough insurance contributions for Incap.

viktory

laurenjs88 wrote: »

Phone in sick! lol I went to america on JSA for 2 weeks & the lady told me to phone in sick, so my claimed wasnt stopped then started again. However i was pregnant so wasnt "actively" seeking work but didnt have enough insurance contributions for Incap.

Yes! Good plan! Lie and hopefully you won't suffer any inconvenience.

Fat_Debtor

healy wrote: »

Yes you do need to sign off and sign back on again after, you cannot be paid when you are abroad.

You will be able to do a rapid reclaim to sign back on.

Thanks, but how will it affect my mortgage interest relief payments? I'm not too fussed about the JSA, but don't want to wait 13 weeks until I can claim that.

Fat_Debtor

laurenjs88 wrote: »

Phone in sick! lol I went to america on JSA for 2 weeks & the lady told me to phone in sick, so my claimed wasnt stopped then started again. However i was pregnant so wasnt "actively" seeking work but didnt have enough insurance contributions for Incap.

Trouble is, I go a day before I sign and get back a day before the next time I sign, meaning I'll have to be sick for 13 days, which is a long time!

If you do phone in sick, do they ask you to sign the day you're better, or do they just accept you've missed one signing date and ask you to attend the next as per the schedule?

bunny999

healy wrote: »

Yes you do need to sign off and sign back on again after, you cannot be paid when you are abroad.

You will be able to do a rapid reclaim to sign back on.

If you don't do this you are commiting fraud.

welshmoneylover

Go and enjoy your holiday... there are plenty of lazy oinks in this country who wouldn't give a second thought to you when you were a tax payer.

Best of luck with finding a tidy job.

Bobl

laurenjs88 wrote: »

Phone in sick! lol I went to america on JSA for 2 weeks & the lady told me to phone in sick, so my claimed wasnt stopped then started again. However i was pregnant so wasnt "actively" seeking work but didnt have enough insurance contributions for Incap.

You are just the sort of person who gives benefits a bad name. It is quite disgusting that you are happy to cheat a system that is trying to help you!

Bobl

Fat_Debtor wrote: »

Thanks, but how will it affect my mortgage interest relief payments? I'm not too fussed about the JSA, but don't want to wait 13 weeks until I can claim that.

My advice is, don't listen to the fraudsters on this post, ring the CAB to get proper advice.

Good Luck finding a new job.

ryan2032

Fat_Debtor wrote: »

Trouble is, I go a day before I sign and get back a day before the next time I sign, meaning I'll have to be sick for 13 days, which is a long time!

If you do phone in sick, do they ask you to sign the day you're better, or do they just accept you've missed one signing date and ask you to attend the next as per the schedule?

In the past whenever i have phoned in sick they always ask can i come in the next day otherwise i wont get paid.

I would just sign off and do a rapid reclaim when you get back, it never takes long.