jsa will i recieve any help?

blueye

i have had a few breaks in employment i moved in 2007 got a job after 3 months owner went bankrupt xmas 07 started new job in march 08 got made redundant couple of weeks ago and am waiting for responce on my claim. in each break i never went to claim as didnt like the look of the scallys hanging around outside so never ventured inside the jobcentre so ive been told by a friend i might not get anything because i havent paid any stamp whatever that is. my partner works full time over average wage

dookar

First contribution condition = earnings equal to or greater than 25 times the lower earnings limit (lel) in any of the two previous tax years.

Second contribution condition = earnings equal to or greater than 50 times the lel in each of the previous two tax years.

I *think* the lel is currently £95 but don't quote me on that

blueye

cheers but erm dont know if im being thick but i dont get it lol

dookar

blueye wrote: »

cheers but erm dont know if im being thick but i dont get it lol

okay to be entitled to contribution based JSA you must satisfy two contribution conditions. These are as i stated above.

For simplicities sake, let's imagine the LEL is £100 per week.

In either of the two previous full tax years you must have earned at least 25 x £100 = £2500

In both of the previous full tax years you must have earned at least 50 x £100 = £5000.

Bearing in mind that, whilst tax years run from April to April, benefit years run from January to January, so you are looking at 06/07 and 07/08

blueye

he he he get you now, thanks for dumbing it down for me lol