JSA can I work for 15 hours pw?

sandrac02

Hi just wondered I am currently unemployed and looking for work. I have been offered a job for only 10-15 hours per week. The pay will be at the national average. Will this affect my currently JBA payment?
Thanks

Bogof_Babe

Do you mean "national average" or do you mean national minimum wage?

sandrac02

sorry, national average. thanks

pink_princess

Surely anything is better than nothing? If you are out of work than I really recommend voluntary work to keep your CV live.

Jai_M

u can work upto 15.5 hrs/wk but they dock your benefits by £1 for every £2 you make.

edit: £1 for every £1

HappyMJ

What is the national average? Whatever you earn will reduce your JSA payment except for maybe £5 maybe a bit more depending on your circumstances.

HappyMJ

Jai_M wrote: »

u can work upto 15.5 hrs/wk but they dock your benefits by £1 for every £2 you make.

I really do wish that was the case. They dock my benefits about £1.95 for every £2 I make. If it was £1 in £2 I'd be working a lot more.

Bogof_Babe

HappyMJ wrote: »

What is the national average? Whatever you earn will reduce your JSA payment except for maybe £5 maybe a bit more depending on your circumstances.

Just Googled and it was £25,900 in 2010. So about £500 per week, so working on a 40 hour week that would be £12.45 per hour, so the OP would be earning between £124 and £185 a week.

I believe this is more than the amount that the Govt believes a single person needs to live on. Not sure whether they might get LHA and/or Council Tax benefit though.