jobseekers if working part time

zam121

hi am currently recieving couple rate jobseekers which is about 100 pound a week,have been offered a delivery job for 15 hours a week pay is about 85 week minus petrol expense leaving me with about 60 pound.what i want to know is will i still recieve my full jsa and if not do i declare my earnings as 85 or 60.to be honest if they stop jsa then i am basically worse off working??? any advice would be grateful thanks

Caz3121

for a single person they allow the first £5 and deduct the rest £1 for £1 from the JSA...not sure what amount is allowed for couple.
If your wage is £60 + £25 petrol expenses then you would declare £60
If they pay you £85 and you have to pay petrol from that then you may have to declare it as £85

zam121

yes wage is 85 and then i have to take away 25 petrol.so if that is the case am i better off on jsa? dont know what to do have been lokking for work for last 3-4 months.

relic

zam121 wrote: »

yes wage is 85 and then i have to take away 25 petrol.so if that is the case am i better off on jsa? dont know what to do have been lokking for work for last 3-4 months.

Then take the job, and build on it.

You won't be better off on JSA.

Neither of those figures add up by the way, it's not minimum wage.

zam121

hourly wage is 6 pound and 14.5 hours a week. it was advertised with job centre website.so if i was to start work this week when would i have to sign off? and would i get any help from jobcentre for starting a new job?

relic

zam121 wrote: »

hourly wage is 6 pound and 14.5 hours a week. it was advertised with job centre website.so if i was to start work this week when would i have to sign off? and would i get any help from jobcentre for starting a new job?

You'd sign off on your first day.

What kind of help do you mean?

zam121

as in back to work costs like uniform,travel,because i wont get paid till the following week so wont have any money for that first week

dmg24

Are you going to be self employed?

HappyMJ

dmg24 wrote: »

Are you going to be self employed?

Agreed most of these jobs are self employed and minimum wage does not apply.

OP you need to check your car insurance. It must cover you for business use. Most policies cover Social, Domestic and Pleasure (SDP) as standard. Many policies also cover Commuting (SDP+C) but not for any use whilst you are at work.

zam121

no employed. why does it make a difference?

HappyMJ

zam121 wrote: »

no employed. why does it make a difference?

If it's self employed you can claim 45p per mile from the £85 per week along with many other expenses. You'll probably end up with nil income and have no need to declare anything.

Employed you can't do that.