offer of a job but may lose out too much

zagfles

You should be better off in work. You'll lose JSA, free school meals and some of the HB/LHA, but your CTC will stay the same and you'll get WTC on top, plus obviously your pay. You'll pay hardly any tax, probably none, on your wages, and a very small amount of NI.

letthemeatcake

With all due respect you didn't say you were a carer in your opening post but that you were claiming JSA for the past 2 years.

iluvmarmite

Did you claim carers allowance? If so I didn't think you could get JSA, I thought it had to be income support, I could be wrong though

gangman

i was told i was not able to recieve carers allowence as i was on jsa just before the full time caring started and in the exeptions it stated you are not entitled to carers allowence if you recieve the following benefit and JSA was one of them.

iluvmarmite

gangman wrote: »

i was told i was not able to recieve carers allowence as i was on jsa just before the full time caring started and in the exeptions it stated you are not entitled to carers allowence if you recieve the following benefit and JSA was one of them.

Ok I didn't realise there were stipulations like that

bodmil

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debrag

When was 6.71 nmw?

out_of_cash

bodmil wrote: »

It may only be minimum wage to start but it's a first step on the ladder. Prove yourself and it could go up quickly. You've been out of work for so long that it's going to be nigh on impossible for someone to take a punt on you and pay more. Short term pain for long term gain.

if you think thats the attitude of employers.They wont pay a penny more than they have to.There is a huge pool of people to choose from and no matter how hard one works it will be years before you see a financial gain. Ok starting at the bottom if your between age 16 25 but the sell by date for most seems to have gone by then.

The days of work real hard and get paid well have gone.Unless of course you're a politician.

labyrinth84

With the top-up of Tax Credits, you should be better off working.
It is people like you, who WANT to work that should be offered the help and support to do so.
I've heard the jobcentre now offer a lots of courses for skilled work that many have to pay a fortune for...is this an option for you? Could you attend these courses alongside the job so you have the prospect of getting a job you'd enjoy and earn more? I don't know anything about how their policies work, but maybe discuss all your options with them.

Nice one for looking to get back into work

Robbie64

labyrinth84 wrote: »

With the top-up of Tax Credits, you should be better off working.
It is people like you, who WANT to work that should be offered the help and support to do so.
I've heard the jobcentre now offer a lots of courses for skilled work that many have to pay a fortune for...is this an option for you? Could you attend these courses alongside the job so you have the prospect of getting a job you'd enjoy and earn more? I don't know anything about how their policies work, but maybe discuss all your options with them.

Nice one for looking to get back into work

Another thing to remember with Working Tax Credit is that if it is in payment then the £350 / £500 benefit cap which comes into force later this year and which is mentioned earlier in this thread doesn't apply. For anyone who is subject to the benefit cap while, for example, claiming benefit as unemployed, then work would pay as taking a job and receiving WTC would remove the benefit cap.