Moral Dilemma

benefitbaby

I have a question... how much exactly will you be earning for the 2 days of work?

benefitbaby

benefitbaby wrote: »

I have a question... how much exactly will you be earning for the 2 days of work?

I need my bed - have to up at 5.30, however the reason I asked how much you would be earning is because....

The law says you are treated as possessing any income owed to you (subject to a handful of exceptions none of which apply based on the details posted). With this in mind there is a legal obligation to disclose the work undertaken during the benefit week in which it was undertaken and that you have not yet been paid.

If the amount of earnings (less the relevant disregard) is more than your applicable amount for JSA then this would cause entitlement to cease. You would then need to make a new claim for the following benefit week when no work/earnings applied.

dookar

benefitbaby wrote: »

If the amount of earnings (less the relevant disregard) is more than your applicable amount for JSA then this would cause entitlement to cease. You would then need to make a new claim for the following benefit week when no work/earnings applied.

EIOR doesn't affect entitlement, benefit would be nil rated. So providing the remunerative work exclusion does not apply there would be no requirement to make a new claim

Teahfc

No matter what advice you get it seems you have made up your mind ?
although don't encourage it if it's a survival deal I know what I would do

Plain_Lazy

Just thought I would update this as I went to sign on today.

I'm not replying to the question about how much I'm earning as it isn't relevant to THIS thread and the question I had about whether to declare it now or not. Suffice it to say I will be very happy when I get it.

I was told by the guy who did my initial interview that I would lose the money in the actual week I worked. However today I was told something completely different.

I decided to go with being 100% honest in the end and declared the work I did last week. The lady who filled the work form in said that it would NOT be taken until I got paid!!! I have to take my payslip in and they will sort it then.

So that's 2 conflicting pieces of information given to me by two different folk at the JC+. I'll let you know what actually happens when they eventually decide to give me some money!

Genuine thanks to the people who gave me a hard time about the possibility that I was committing fraud.