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Working five hours as a once off while on JSA

SnowyOwl_2
SnowyOwl_2 Posts: 5,257 Forumite
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At the minute I am on JSA (income based) however I have been offered five hours work this Thursday. I really want to do this work as it's very well paid - £25 per hour gross. How will this affect the JSA monies I am signing for? I don't have any other work lined up.

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  • Loobysaver
    Loobysaver Posts: 764 Forumite
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    You need to declare it when you go and sign on and complete some part time earning forms called b7 and a15c.

    All bar the first £5 of your earnings will be deducted off your benefit so in effect you will get little or no jsa that fortnight
  • SnowyOwl_2
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    Thanks for your swift response Loobysaver - it will hardly be worth my doing it then as I have a long journey there...I think I should just cancel it and let someone else who will actually be better off doing it have it.
  • scooby088
    scooby088 Posts: 3,385 Forumite
    If it's a none signing day for you dont declare it.
  • dmg24
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    scooby088 wrote: »
    If it's a none signing day for you dont declare it.

    That would be fraud. Would you be happy to advise the OP when they are called in for a compliance interview?
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  • missmontana
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    Why not just do it, declare it, then you will have earnt some money, got some experience, shown the JC you are willing to work and have something else to put on your CV?
    You never know, it may lead to more work.
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  • Arg
    Arg Posts: 931 Forumite
    dmg24 wrote: »
    That would be fraud. Would you be happy to advise the OP when they are called in for a compliance interview?

    It would be funny if he did declare it and ended up getting his benefits temporarily stopped anyway because of jobcentre incompetence.
  • dmg24
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    Arg wrote: »
    It would be funny if he did declare it and ended up getting his benefits temporarily stopped anyway because of jobcentre incompetence.

    I don't think that would be funny. I also think that the chances of that happening are very low. Either way, 'I didn't declare it just in case the JCP made an error' would not be a sufficient defence to a fraud allegation.
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  • tripled
    tripled Posts: 2,886 Forumite
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    SnowyOwl wrote: »
    Thanks for your swift response Loobysaver - it will hardly be worth my doing it then as I have a long journey there...I think I should just cancel it and let someone else who will actually be better off doing it have it.

    That's right - why work for your money when you can just sit on your !!!! and keep taking off the taxpayer then?
  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite
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    SnowyOwl wrote: »
    Thanks for your swift response Loobysaver - it will hardly be worth my doing it then as I have a long journey there...I think I should just cancel it and let someone else who will actually be better off doing it have it.

    Are you actually looking for a job? If this was me, I would take the job. It';s much better than signing on.
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  • flimsier
    flimsier Posts: 799 Forumite
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    missmontana wrote: »
    Why not just do it, declare it, then you will have earnt some money, got some experience, shown the JC you are willing to work and have something else to put on your CV?
    You never know, it may lead to more work.

    Eminently sensible. When I'm not working (school holidays) I get monumentally bored if I'm not doing something else, and I do think work can be good for you.

    Also I wouldn't advise not declaring it, but I wouldn't blame you if you didn't!
    Can we just take it as read I didn't mean to offend you?
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