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Interview under caution
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My boyfriend was made redundant from work 7 months ago. Once he was able to he put a claim in for jobseekers allowence. He has been claiming it since.
He saw a job that was advertised as a fulltime position, went to the interview and was told to go to an induction day.
He went to the induction, basically worked for a full day, then at the end of the day he was told that it wasnt in fact a fulltime job as such but more of a "we might need you next thursday for a few hours, then nothing for a week, then we might need you for a week here and there"
He owns his own house and needs a job that will cover the mortgage payments so this would have been no good at all for him so he said he wasnt interested and wouldnt have showed up if he had known it wasnt fulltime like advertised. He was not paid for this days work. This was in october last year.
This morning I get a call from him saying he has recieved a letter from the DWP saying he is to be interviewed under caution because they believe he is claming benefits whilst being employed.
I asked him why they would think he was working (I know for a fact he is umemployed at the moment) That is when he told me about the days work.
I asked him if he told them about the days work and he said no, he did not take the job after finding out it was not fulltime, and also he was not paid for the work so he just forgot about it, he did not think they needed to know about it seeing as it wasnt what was advertised and no money was involved.
I know he should have told them and I would have told him to tell them about the days work but even I did not know about it until now.
Previous to this he has worked since he left school, this is the first time he has ever claimed any benefits.
The interview is in 9 days, what is likely to happen to him?
He saw a job that was advertised as a fulltime position, went to the interview and was told to go to an induction day.
He went to the induction, basically worked for a full day, then at the end of the day he was told that it wasnt in fact a fulltime job as such but more of a "we might need you next thursday for a few hours, then nothing for a week, then we might need you for a week here and there"
He owns his own house and needs a job that will cover the mortgage payments so this would have been no good at all for him so he said he wasnt interested and wouldnt have showed up if he had known it wasnt fulltime like advertised. He was not paid for this days work. This was in october last year.
This morning I get a call from him saying he has recieved a letter from the DWP saying he is to be interviewed under caution because they believe he is claming benefits whilst being employed.
I asked him why they would think he was working (I know for a fact he is umemployed at the moment) That is when he told me about the days work.
I asked him if he told them about the days work and he said no, he did not take the job after finding out it was not fulltime, and also he was not paid for the work so he just forgot about it, he did not think they needed to know about it seeing as it wasnt what was advertised and no money was involved.
I know he should have told them and I would have told him to tell them about the days work but even I did not know about it until now.
Previous to this he has worked since he left school, this is the first time he has ever claimed any benefits.
The interview is in 9 days, what is likely to happen to him?
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I can't see it being that reason at all. Is there anything else you can think of?Tomorrow is the most important thing in life0
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Does it actually say on the letter that they suspect he's claiming while employed? I didn't think the initial letters were that specific.0
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A days unpaid induction can't be classified as employment as they are generally used to find out whether a job applicant is suited for a job.
There must be another reason...0 -
Stormy: the letter says we have reason to conduct an investigation into your claim for jobseekers allwence, we believe there are grounds for suspecting that you may have commited a criminal offence because of your employment. Then it just goes on to give a time and date for the interview.
Bloo: there is nothing else I can think of at all, he is unemployed, on the verge of losing the house because he cannot keep up the repayments for the mortgage.0 -
Sounds like someone may have 'dobbed' him in - a neighbour perhaps.
What line of work is he is in? Does he have a work van or similar and has been going off during the day in it?0 -
He used to work in sales, no work van or anything like that, we do have a car but its nothing to do with any form of work.0
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Is this is all fact then the DWP have no proof whatsoever of any wrongdoing.
They are trying it on in the most base way.
Probably a squeak involved.0 -
How could they have found out about it? Did he apply via universal job match?0
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we do live together, just didnt put it in the op as didnt know if it mattered.
stormy: he applied using the jobcentre online website.0
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