Jsa paid to cover weekends?

Johnnytwostep

Just stop whining whilst spending the hard earned tax payers money. Do as your told or don't claim

Flyonthewall

It is a choice to claim. A rubbish choice perhaps, but you are not forced to sign on. You might be homeless, hungry and not have any money if you don't, but there's nothing to stop you choosing it.

Yes, the money covers weekends. It is supposed to cover the cost of living. You're still living on the weekends. Plus jobs are put up on the weekends.

Assuming you have no set amount per day to apply for then just don't search for as long on weekends.

melysion

I don't work seven days a week. I get days off and as a 'hard working tax payer' I don't have any objection to someone who applies for 50 jobs a week from having a wee break over the weekend.

Geez. Job seekers aren't some kind of lower life form that aren't allowed to have any down time. It's exhausting, job hunting, the pay is crap and you hardly ever get any sort of result.

And it's not "our money" he is spending. All assuming he was worked before and paid his national insurance contributions, he is just cashing in his policy. What do you think we all pay national insurance for in the first place, huh?

HappyMJ

melysion wrote: »

I don't work seven days a week. I get days off and as a 'hard working tax payer' I don't have any objection to someone who applies for 50 jibs a week from having a wee break over the weekend.

Geez. Job seekers aren't some kind of lower life form that aren't allowed to have any down time. It's exhausting, job hunting, the pay is crap and you hardly ever get any sort of result.

And it's not "our money" he is spending. All a summing he was worked before and paid his national insurance contributions, he is just cashing in his policy. What do you think we all pay national insurance for in the first place, huh?

Yes...but what about me who only ever applied for one single job per day 5 days a week. That's all I ever agreed to and applying for that one job took many hours finding the perfect job, researching the company and customizing my CV and cover letter. I could never apply for 50 jobs per week and actually expect to get any one of them. If a company rang me I wouldn't even remember which company it was that I applied to if I did that. A scatter gun approach can work but a more focused application I felt worked much better and that's how I presented that to the jobcentre and we agreed that one job a day would be more than enough. They ended up saying a to me at least 4 job applications per week would be more than enough. If you present your case well to the jobcentre then they will agree to one job application per day....but then on the other hand don't just send the generic CV to potential employers in the hope of getting a call you need to make sure you research the company and word the cover letter in a way to show you have some reasonable knowledge of the client you wish to work for.

If I did apply for two jobs in a day I wrote in my diary that on a Monday I applied for one then on Tuesday I applied for another to at least show that I was doing something every day even though all I did on Tuesday was maybe click send on the email or put the letter in the post and the rest of the day was spent money saving, relaxing or shopping for discount groceries.

Personally I don't think the employees at the jobcentre are fascists they are people just like you and me following guidelines and if you can show they are wrong without being arrogant then they will understand and can be very nice to you. So treat them with respect and you'll get that in return and probably not get a job search agreement that requires you to do something every day of the week.

PenguinOfDeath

corvus wrote: »

Are you serious? I'm unemployed and therefore have no right to go away for a weekend and spend tax payer's money? Furthermore, job interviews at weekends? Very rare. And what, stop claiming JSA? And what, live on my savings?

Yes. This sort of situation is what savings are for - emergencies. That's what i lived on when I was temporarily unemployed and chose not to jump through the hoops DWP ask you to.

paragon909

I am currently on a mandatory reconsideration for my ESA and was told i need to claim JSA.

I made a JSA claim over the phone, guy i spoke to was polite and it all went fine. Soon as i went to the jcp to complete my application within 1 minute of me sitting on their seats the power trip started and she started going on about working links blah blah blah.

I said you know what i dont agree to any of this and will not ever attend working links again, cancel my JSA application then walked out.

Not having a private company control my life just for profit. scum bags...

patman99

JSA is paid over 7 days. This has been so ever since Labour changed the rules in 1997 to close a loophole.

Prior to 1997, dole money (as JSA was known as) was paid for what was known as the 'working week' and covered Monday - Friday only. If you had a weekend job, they disregarded the hours and income for the purposes of benefits (I had no idea about this until I got a weekend job whilst on the dole).

The other change Labour made was to make JSA a continuous benefit rather than having a cut-off period of 2 years (after which you had to claimIncome Support (which was paid over 7 days)).

As for jobseeking over the weekend, I found it totally pointless as the only jobs listed were ones from earlier in the week being re-listed by a variety of agencies.

whitegoods_engineer

I often hear people saying that they apply for 50, 100, 200 jobs per week, but really?? Come on now!

To actually apply for 50 jobs in a week is possible but unlikely. Let's say you spend a whopping 8 hours a day over a WHOLE week 7 days (56 hours) doing NOTHING except applying for jobs!

Let's say it takes about an hour to research the company, prepare a covering letter, attach a CV, send or email it. We're supposed to believe that somebody is spending 7 days a week doing this? Well that's the only way you could apply for 50 jobs in a week, not just simply look through 50 jobs.

If I was unemployed, I'd ensure that I was actively researching companies and speculatively contacting them relentlessly, but even with my tenacity in such matters, I'd not insult anybody's intelligence by claiming to apply for 50 jobs a week.

In fact, I would go further to say that if somebody is really 'applying' for 50 jobs a week, then these 'applications' must be poorly researched and any such applications would be likely to be simple cut and paste jobs. A scattergun approach.

I have had very brief periods of unemployment in my life, so I can empathise with those on JSA, but these have been for a matter of weeks. I do appreciate that low-skilled jobs are poorly paid and tedious, but I've had to work my way up the ladder. I've always kept myself up-to-date in both my trade knowledge and my trade qualifications, so have always had employers keen to employ me as a result.

Now if you said you'd 'looked through' about 50 jobs a week, I might possibly believe you but actually 'applying' for 50 jobs a week?

Pull the other one!

gettingready

melysion wrote: »

I don't work seven days a week. I get days off and as a 'hard working tax payer' I don't have any objection to someone who applies for 50 jobs a week from having a wee break over the weekend.

Geez. Job seekers aren't some kind of lower life form that aren't allowed to have any down time. It's exhausting, job hunting, the pay is crap and you hardly ever get any sort of result.

And it's not "our money" he is spending. All assuming he was worked before and paid his national insurance contributions, he is just cashing in his policy. What do you think we all pay national insurance for in the first place, huh?

Absolutely agree with the above.

No idea why most people here as so hard on OP?

melysion

gettingready wrote: »

Absolutely agree with the above.

No idea why most people here as so hard on OP?

Simple. He is unemployed and therefore a easy target.