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JSA & working question

I've been claiming contribution based JSA for a few months. I did a day's temping this week (around 7 hours work) and am wondering how it will affect my dole money? Do I still get my full JSA or will they deduct my earnings from it?

Thank you in advance for any help.

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  • You have a disregard of £5 (more if disabled or a lone parent), anything over that will be deducted from your JSA.
  • dave030445
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    Mokey76 wrote: »
    I've been claiming contribution based JSA for a few months. I did a day's temping this week (around 7 hours work) and am wondering how it will affect my dole money? Do I still get my full JSA or will they deduct my earnings from it?

    Thank you in advance for any help.
    you cant earn money and think the tax payer is still going to pay you full JSA cant you do so more temping and get off JSA earning money will also effect HB and CT if you get these.
  • Dave he said he's claiming contribution based JSA, which means no tax-payer is paying for him its coming out of his own NI contributions
  • Torry_Quine
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    Tremour-88 wrote: »
    Dave he said he's claiming contribution based JSA, which means no tax-payer is paying for him its coming out of his own NI contributions


    Of course it comes out of taxes. We don't build up our own pot of money
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  • Tremour-88 wrote: »
    Dave he said he's claiming contribution based JSA, which means no tax-payer is paying for him its coming out of his own NI contributions

    Not strictly true, NI is not a savings account, so the JSA is not coming from his own contributions.

    Nonetheless, this thread is a week old, I am sure he has it sorted by now!
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