Working & Claiming Benefit

redvalley

Hi.

Can anyone tell me please if you are allowed to work a certain number of hours a week without it being detrimental to Job Seekers Allowance or Mortgage Protection/Loan payments?

Thanks

cmw1212

I know you can work up to 16 hours without it affecting JSA sorry don't know about the mortgage/ loan thing.

jobbingmusician

I don't think this is right, is it? Anything above about £5 AFFECTS JSA, you just get less. Anything over 16 hours rules out JSA totally, IIRC.

sniggings

cmw1212 wrote: »

I know you can work up to 16 hours without it affecting JSA sorry don't know about the mortgage/ loan thing.

no, your getting confused, you can work 16 hours and still claim JSA BUT after the first £5 your benefits are reduced one pound for every pound earned.

cmw1212

sniggings wrote: »

no, your getting confused, you can work 16 hours and still claim JSA BUT after the first £5 your benefits are reduced one pound for every pound earned.

I know how it works, just worded badly. I meant their claim would still be open they don't need to sign off if working up to 16hrs. ( do some people think you can work X hrs and still get all the JSA?!)

paddedjohn

cmw1212 wrote: »

I know how it works, just worded badly. I meant their claim would still be open they don't need to sign off if working up to 16hrs. ( do some people think you can work X hrs and still get all the JSA?!)

They probably do if they are reading your post #2

sniggings

cmw1212 wrote: »

I know how it works, just worded badly. I meant their claim would still be open they don't need to sign off if working up to 16hrs. ( do some people think you can work X hrs and still get all the JSA?!)

The OP seems to think it might be the case, or did he also know what he meant be worded it wrong