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Lovelyjoolz

heretolearn wrote: »

You sound like you are looking for an excuse not to bother working to be honest.

Nail.
Head.

You can buy a West Midlands Travelcard for £650 a year, which works out at roughly £54.00 a month. A 40hr week on minimum wage will see you take home (assuming a standard tax code) £917.46 each month - more after 5th April.

It only takes simple maths to see that you're better off working than not.

falko89

scooby088 wrote: »

My jobcentre consider a communte of 90 mins each way a time to travel.

So do mine but only if you can drive.

CCFC_80

falko89 wrote: »

So do mine but only if you can drive.

People who drive shouldn't be penalised by The JCP to search for work in a wider area. I had this clarified by an adviser who posts on this board last year. The job search criteria is based on accessibiltity of public transport near to where you live and having your own car doesn't come into it.

falko89

CCFC_80 wrote: »

People who drive shouldn't be penalised by The JCP to search for work in a wider area. I had this clarified by an adviser who posts on this board last year. The job search criteria is based on accessibiltity of public transport near to where you live and having your own car doesn't come into it.

My 1 bus at 1.30pm into town won't get me far:D

LadyMissA

falko89 wrote: »

So do mine but only if you can drive.

Mine is 90mins each way by public transport only but if you drive I guess it could be further, I don't know.

LadyMissA

scooby088 wrote: »

A reasonable excuse to turn down a job. Over the past few weeks I have been doing some calculations and at minimum wage most places I apply to i cannot afford to get there either by car or public transport. I could walk which is reasonable if the place was local to me.

So is travel costs a reasonable excuse to turn down a job?

The JC do a better off calculation so if you have less money after travel than you have now then no you are not better off. On the other hand if you come off say £10 a week better off then you are so I guess you can not turn a job down, if you were offered it.

CCFC_80

LadyMissA wrote: »

Mine is 90mins each way by public transport only but if you drive I guess it could be further, I don't know.

Please see my reply in post 14:)

LadyMissA

CCFC_80 wrote: »

Please see my reply in post 14:)

Then why do the JC ask if you have a car? And why do they put on your agreement that you only have access to public transport if having a car makes no difference?

HappyMJ

CCFC_80 wrote: »

People who drive shouldn't be penalised by The JCP to search for work in a wider area. I had this clarified by an adviser who posts on this board last year. The job search criteria is based on accessibiltity of public transport near to where you live and having your own car doesn't come into it.

There are many areas in this country where buses do not exist at 7am to 9am in the morning within 3 miles of someone's home therefore they must have access to a car to be able to accept any job.

I did not declare that I had a car when signing on but the adviser explained to me that the 90 minutes starts when I get on the bus as scheduled even if it takes time to walk to the bus stop and wait.

CCFC_80

LadyMissA wrote: »

Then why do the JC ask if you have a car? And why do they put on your agreement that you only have access to public transport if having a car makes no difference?

I was quoted last year by A JSA adviser that they ask if you have your own car as if you are reliant on public transport, they need to know if you are able to start work before public transport starts running. The adviser also informed me that this question is completely seperate and has nothing to do with the minimum geographical area that you are willing to travel.

Imagine the following scenario with both jobseekers living next door to each other....

Jobseeker A has a car and a job becomes available paying NMW, that he does not want to apply for with a 6.00 AM start but he can apply for it as he has his own car.

Jobseeker B for the same role is reliant on public transport which means he can't apply for the job as The buses don't start running until 7.00 AM.

Neither jobseeker would be sanctioned and if they were why would jobseeker A be sanctioned because he had his own transport.

To reiterate the jobsearch area of 30,60,90 minutes is based on access to public transport used regardless of whether you have your own vehicle.

HappyMJ wrote: »

There are many areas in this country where buses do not exist at 7am to 9am in the morning within 3 miles of someone's home therefore they must have access to a car to be able to accept any job.

I did not declare that I had a car when signing on but the adviser explained to me that the 90 minutes starts when I get on the bus as scheduled even if it takes time to walk to the bus stop and wait.

I was told last year that the 90 minutes starts as soon as you set foot outside of your house and includes walking and waiting for bus to arrive. It's possible it may have changed since then but you need perhaps double check again with your JCP adviser