Jobseekers rejection

NASA_2

The letter said she isnt going to get paid, which if she didnt pay enough NIC's during the relevant period, she wont.

The claim has not been rejected though - if she wishes to claim for Credits Only then she needs to sign on - if she doesnt want to claim for Credits then she doesnt have to.

morganedge

can she not claim income based JSA instead?

Oldernotwiser

21Twinkle wrote: »

The system IS a shambles
She was sent a letter telling her that her claim from 24 Jan had been rejected - then on phoning to cancel her appointment to sign on this afternoon - she is told that yes she still needs to sign on - since her claim was not rejected (not that it WAS sucessful though - the person that my wife spoke to could not say that)
What is that if not a shambles ?

You have to sign on to claim NI credits and that is considered to be a claim, although you don't actually receive JSA.

Indie_Kid

morganedge wrote: »

can she not claim income based JSA instead?

The OP earns too much - hence being able sign on for credits. (although I'm sure I was once asked where I wanted credits for signing on or money)

MX5huggy

suelees1 wrote: »

Yes they must be paid contributions and not credits

Not totally correct, the OP needs to get the P60's out and see what total pay Class 1 NI was paid on in the relevant years.

There are 2 hoops (or conditions to jump through) for Contributions JSA.
From http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/dmgch21.pdf

1. the claimant must have paid Class 1 contributions for one of the last two complete tax years before the beginning of the relevant benefit year and
2. contributions must have been paid before the week that the claimant claims JSA and
3. the earnings factor from the earnings on which those contributions have been paid or treated as paid must be at least 25 times the LEL for that tax year
(see DMG Appendix 1 to this Chapter).

Then:-

To satisfy the second contribution condition1
1. the claimant must have
1.1 paid Class 1 contributions or
1.2 been credited with earnings
for the last two complete tax years before the beginning of the relevant benefit year
and
2. the earnings factor from the earnings
2.1 on which primary Class 1 contributions have been paid or treated as
being paid or
2.2 credited
must be at least 50 times the LEL for each of those last two complete tax years (see
DMG Appendix 1 to this Chapter).

50Twuncle

21Twinkle wrote: »

My wife had received a rejection letter from DWP on Saturday but phoned them this morning to cancel her booked appointment to sign on this afternoon - only to be told "YOU ARE TO RECEIVE JS, AND NEED TO SIGN ON"
The letter had said "you are not entitled to JS from 24 Jan" !!
They have supposedly written again to tell her

The system is a shambles

This second letter never arrived - my wife has now been signing on for 3 weeks - just to get her NI paid - the Admin girl that she signs on with, has no idea that she is not signing on for any benefits and still requires her to apply for 5 jobs per week - including one as a kitchen assistant at a local OAP home - paying £5.83 per hour
My wife is a trained chef - (So you can imagine how disheartening this is) - but is unable to find any employment as this or an admin assistant (the role that she has been carrying out for 12 years)