what benefits will i lose

carlislez9

hey, i am a mum of 2 and i currently receive jobseekers allowance through a joint claim with my partner. i am thinking of getting a job for 16hours a week. I am just wondering what benefits i will lose if i do get a job. i also get housing benefit and council tax benefit. plus child tax. hope someone can help! thanks

pmlindyloo

As a couple with children you need to be working at least 24 hours a week between you to receive working tax credits. (with one of you working at least 16 hours a week)

If you work 16 hours or more a week then you are not entitled to JSA.


Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and Child Tax Credits are based on the income you receive.

You would be better off finding a job for at least 24 hours a week and then you could receive working tax credits.

You can put different scenarios into the benefit calculator here:

http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

to give you an idea of what you would get.

306chris

I did some calculations and you'd be worse off (assuming your partner doesnt work)

Really !!!!ed off the other day as I went for a PT job interview having applied for 25 hours as advertised and during the interview they told me that they changed it to a 16 hour role.
If they offer it I can't even accept a second job as you don't know what hours you are doing and they expect you to be almost on call to do overtime to cover for sickness and the like.

24 hours for WTC is stupid in all the time I've been searching I have only seen this one job that was more than 24 hours.