Job seekers allowance - Help please.

sunnyone

s1h wrote: »

I am not going to say it again.

I THOUGHT THAT SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN THE JOB CENTRE WOULD KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. I TRUSTED THE INFORMATION THEY GAVE ME. I WAS CLEAR ABOUT IT, I WAS CLEAR THAT I COULD WORK 16 HOURS A WEEK WITHOUT IT AFFECTING ME AS THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.

Not everyone reads all the small print. I'm sure you do but some of us have better things to do like trying to find a job.

As it goes I don't see why people shouldn't be able to work 16 hours a week and still claim, I thought that sounded quite plausible. Because £60 a week is hardly enough to live on. Especially when you have to drive back and forward to the job centre using petrol to sort out the staff theres errors.

16 HOURS PER WEEK @ MINIMUM WAGE IS WELL ABOVE JSA!

sunnyone

s1h

sunnyone wrote: »

16 HOURS PER WEEK @ MINIMUM WAGE IS WELL ABOVE JSA!

sunnyone

It is still not enough to live on though. What is minimum wage? about £6 or just under. so £96 a week. Which you probably get taxed and NI on?

You try having to drive back and forward to the job centre, go for interviews, eat, pay bills, living expenses. on £60 a week, or even £96.

s1h

As much as people say they hate Europe they do things right over there.

If you lose your job in Germany you get something like 60% of what you were earning, it reduces on a sliding scale over time but still gives you a standard of living.

This is how it should be here, why should I after paying tax and NI for years and working be entitled to the same amount as some scrote who has never worked a day in their life.

Inn

sunnyone

s1h wrote: »

It is still not enough to live on though. What is minimum wage? about £6 or just under. so £96 a week. Which you probably get taxed and NI on?

You try having to drive back and forward to the job centre, go for interviews, eat, pay bills, living expenses. on £60 a week, or even £96.

No tax or NI but you may be entitled to other working benefits and/or living benefits.

sunnyone

NASA_2

s1h wrote: »

As much as people say they hate Europe they do things right over there.

If you lose your job in Germany you get something like 60% of what you were earning, it reduces on a sliding scale over time but still gives you a standard of living.

This is how it should be here, why should I after paying tax and NI for years and working be entitled to the same amount as some scrote who has never worked a day in their life.

Inn

This is where I do have some sympathy with what you are saying. I think that JSA for people who have been working a good number of years should initially be higher than it is now. I believe that it should gradually reduce to nothing after a certain amount of time.

Those who have never worked and claim for the first time should be paid a base rate and forced into training or into a job if they are qualified for it. Too many people have never worked despite claiming a jobseekers allowance.

s1h

sunnyone wrote: »

No tax or NI but you may be entitled to other working benefits and/or living benefits.

sunnyone

Your just a fool who can't see sense when it is staring them in the face. Sorry but it sounds like you have got your head so far up the jobcentres !!!! its unbelievable. Im suprised you can breathe up there.

missymugwump

s1h wrote: »

As much as people say they hate Europe they do things right over there.

If you lose your job in Germany you get something like 60% of what you were earning, it reduces on a sliding scale over time but still gives you a standard of living.

This is how it should be here, why should I after paying tax and NI for years and working be entitled to the same amount as some scrote who has never worked a day in their life.

Inn

:beer: here here

s1h

ESA wrote: »

This is where I do have some sympathy with what you are saying. I think that JSA for people who have been working a good number of years should initially be higher than it is now. I believe that it should gradually reduce to nothing after a certain amount of time.

Those who have never worked and claim for the first time should be paid a base rate and forced into training or into a job if they are qualified for it. Too many people have never worked despite claiming a jobseekers allowance.

Thank you. How can they expect people to live on a tenth of what they are used to. For the record I exhausted all my savings and every other option first, I was acttually out of work for almost 5 months before I even claimed.

sunnyone

s1h wrote: »

Your just a fool who can't see sense when it is staring them in the face. Sorry but it sounds like you have got your head so far up the jobcentres !!!! its unbelievable. Im suprised you can breathe up there.

Sorry but unlike you I dont judge, I have never had any contact with JC+ but if I did I would read, understand, look up, ask if I needed too and then look online for help, you looked for help here after the fact so you are not computer illiterate.

Your predicament is your fault, accept it and move on.

sunnyone

s1h

sunnyone wrote: »

Sorry but unlike you I dont judge, I have never had any contact with JC+ but if I did I would read, understand, look up, ask if I needed too and then look online for help, you looked for help here after the fact so you are not computer illiterate.

Your predicament is your fault, accept it and move on.

sunnyone

Can you explain how my predicament is my fault? Is it because I chose a career that has given me 2 redundancies in 3 years? Is it because I took the offer of a days work rather than sitting around at home? Why is it my fault?

How can you even comment on the job centre if you have never even had any contact with them?