Claiming Jobseekers and working for nothing?

J-Pop

Hello there,

I was made redundant a month ago after 20 years and now recieving jobseekers allowance, my mortage, loan and CC are all covered with PP and all have been accepted.

My brother has started renting a unit and has plans to use it as a PC repair center and for offering people fitting and tuning in AV home cinema equipment.

Both of us have been doing this outside our previous jobs for years and have quite a good reputation for most things computer related and technical.

To help get his idea running i was going to help him out to see how it goes and i won't be getting paid for it......he would not make any money himself until he pays off the stock he is planning to buy.

How does this go when claiming jobseeker allowance? I don't want to jeopardize anything now that my claims are going to be paid and i recieve jobseekers allowance?

I know there is plenty of dishonest people out there that work and claim benefits bit i am genuinely going to be working for nothing until he makes some money.....if any.

Any information appreciated.

Cheers.

McKneff

Will you still be Job Seeking.

J-Pop

I am still jobseeking and am buying a Microsoft Certified course so i have the official certificate i am also going to take a language course in Japanese now i have some time.......something i have been trying to learn for a few years.

dmg24

You can only usually do voluntary work for a charity. I can't see them allowing you to do what you are suggesting.

lexilex

At my initial meeting at the job centre (2 weeks ago so this info is recent) I was told I could do as many hours volunteering for a charity as I wanted however if the company isn't a charity the max I could do was 16 hours a week as any more and they believe you should be getting paid.

J-Pop

Thanks for the replies.

Maybe i should discuss it with them first.

vaporate

Keep the job centre informed just to cover yourself.