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Job Seekers Allowance over Christmas.

dot111
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Can someone help me please, my son who is 200miles away is due to sign on on 24th and 31st Dec. The 31st isn't a problem, but if he has to sign on the 24th it would mean him not getting home for Christmas.

Will benefits offices be open on 24th?

Thanks anyone who can help.
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  • bryanb
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    It's 2 weeks before 24th. tell him to find out by asking in the office concerned.
    This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !
  • sammyjammy
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    The office will be open but I would be surprised if he was expected to actually sign on. The only way to know for sure is to ask. Incidentally I live 300 miles from my family and have to work all day on Christmas Eve (also for DWP) so if he does have to sign on that day he'll need to work around it like anyone else.
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  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    dot111 wrote: »
    Can someone help me please, my son who is 200miles away is due to sign on on 24th and 31st Dec. The 31st isn't a problem, but if he has to sign on the 24th it would mean him not getting home for Christmas.

    Will benefits offices be open on 24th?

    Thanks anyone who can help.

    What would happen if he had a job where he had to work on the 24th? My son works in Morrisons and will be working very late on Christmas Eve so that the rest of us can get our last minute provisions.

    Maybe if he has to sign he can do so early in the morning?
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  • morganedge
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    seven-day-weekend wrote: »
    What would happen if he had a job where he had to work on the 24th?

    pull a 'sickie'?
  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    edited 10 December 2010 at 2:37PM
    morganedge wrote: »
    pull a 'sickie'?

    ....and get the 'sackie'.
    (AKA HRH_MUngo)
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    Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton
  • morganedge
    morganedge Posts: 1,320 Forumite
    seven-day-weekend wrote: »
    ....and get the sackie.

    lol, why?!
    People pull sickies all the time. I never got in trouble for pulling one personally....!
  • devilivus
    devilivus Posts: 199 Forumite
    seven-day-weekend wrote: »
    ....and get the 'sackie'.

    the sack! You never pulled a sickie before!!? Everyone I know has pulled loads and never got in any trouble whatsoever. Just say you aren't feeling well and cant come in.
    However, none of this helps the OP....
    He'll have to ask whether he is expected to sign on on Christmas eve or not.
  • MrsE_2
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    sammyjammy wrote: »
    The office will be open but I would be surprised if he was expected to actually sign on. The only way to know for sure is to ask. Incidentally I live 300 miles from my family and have to work all day on Christmas Eve (also for DWP) so if he does have to sign on that day he'll need to work around it like anyone else.

    Really?
    Its a normal working/functioning day?
  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    Doesn't work like that in retail around Christmas.

    You'd complain if everyone at your local supermarket pulled a sickie on the 24th.

    I don't actually think it is very good advice.
    (AKA HRH_MUngo)
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  • barbie_babe
    barbie_babe Posts: 668 Forumite
    I am on JSA and start my new job in jan. I was due to sign on on the 24th but i told them today i would be staying at my mums from the 23rd(200miles away) they told me to go back next week and sign on early.
    :j
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