Would my 16 yr old son affect my benefits by working?

HappyMJ

nannytone wrote: »

when my kids did A levels, it was mandatory to do 4 ... 3 chosen and then 'general studies'
they had to attend 8.45 til 3 on 5 days of the week.

Yes... 3 is the minimum. General Studies is normally a quick 1 hour a week revision of current issues. Most Uni's ignore results from General Studies A Levels.

RazWaz

nannytone wrote: »

when my kids did A levels, it was mandatory to do 4 ... 3 chosen and then 'general studies'
they had to attend 8.45 til 3 on 5 days of the week.

And when I did mine I was in 2 full days (9am-4pm) and one half day per week (9am-12pm). I would have had tons of spare time for a job and spent quite a lot of that time looking and applying for jobs, but I wasn't successful.

nannytone_2

i bet you did yours a long time before my kids did theirs!! EMA required kids to attend school for 5 full school days per week!

HappyMJ

nannytone wrote: »

i bet you did yours a long time before my kids did theirs!! EMA required kids to attend school for 5 full school days per week!

No it didn't it required a student to be enrolled on a full time course lasting more than 15 hours (in Wales it's only 12 hours) at a registered college and that the student attends the scheduled lessons. What if the college did not offer the A level at all on lets say a Friday? They are still full time the whole week as they have attended the 15 hours of scheduled lessons.

nannytone_2

my kids were at 6th form. when they werent in lessons they were expected to be in the library or the study suite.
if they didnt attend FULL time their EMA wasnt signed off and they didnt receive it.

if someone can work 30 plus hours a week and still attend college for A levels.... why on earth should their parents be paid tax credits and child benefit??

thegirlintheattic

Most school sixth forms now require students to be on site for all periods in a day (so for most between about 9am-3pm), they are generally no longer allowed to go home/off site when they have no lessons. Although it is still possible to hold down an almost full time job if working evenings/weekends.

Oldernotwiser

EMA was available for FT college courses as well as A levels in schools. These are commonly only 2/3 days in college, didn't require any extra attendance and are still classified as full time.

A child's earnings are considered to be his/her own and nothing to do with the fact that the parent/guardian is financially responsible for them.

Mupette

his work experience is part of year 11 schooling it would not affect your benefits.

What worries me is your title...

This is going to sound really nasty so perhaps you could of worded your title better....

Isn't it time you stopped living off your child's benefit...

He will get a job one day and have a life, you need to let him do that and not worry about how it affects YOUR benefits.. encourage him to work if that's what he wants to do, coming on here more worried his working will affect your benefit is wrong..

Yes coming from a single mother on benefits yes shocking... difference its not jsa that i am on for a good reason

and yes if my son got a job, brilliant i would be very very proud of him, and wouldn't give 2 hoots about what benefits i would loose as they are child related benefits that one day will end...

us parents really need to focus on that happening and dealing with that before it happens rather than come here and fret about it, we know our kids are about to become non dependent and those on jsa need to work at getting past the benefit hand out for the kids that are practically adults.

No different to me on esa, same applies when son finishes 6th form and maybe he might want to work rather than further the education more... i know child related benefits will go...bloody right they should.

spikeripley

If your child earns enough to cover the benefit you are losing then fair enough but if they dont and stay at home what are you supposed to keep them on air?

Oldernotwiser

spikeripley wrote: »

If your child earns enough to cover the benefit you are losing then fair enough but if they dont and stay at home what are you supposed to keep them on air?

You seem to have missed the point that you don't lose benefits if an FE student takes a part time job.