Jobseekers Allowance And Temporary Work

markss_2

The JCP found me a job which they said was permanent but when i went to the agency they said its a temp job. i declined it cos it messes my jsa / housing benefit too. the jcp sent a letter saying they may stop my jsa because of refusing it how do i stand?

dmg24

markss wrote: »

The JCP found me a job which they said was permanent but when i went to the agency they said its a temp job. i declined it cos it messes my jsa / housing benefit too. the jcp sent a letter saying they may stop my jsa because of refusing it how do i stand?

As you declined the job, you are likely to be sanctioned (i.e. lose some JSA payments). You had no valid reason to decline the job.

How long would the temporary job have been for?

Colette.smith

All the above has been really helpful to me because i have just started a temp job, however no one has mentioned about the £100 you get on returning to work and the roll on for rent and council tax.

Does anyone know where i stand for those, do you get the £100 if its only temp work and do they pay your rent and council tax for the month?

Having problems finding answers on the government sites.

furbyfruitcake

:T Hi Colette,

As long as your job will last 5 weeks or more, you have claimed a full 6 months without a break & you dont have a fraud interest on your claim then basically you will get "Job Grant". Its £100 for single claimants & £250 for couples.

:j There are 1 or 2 more conditions but they are the main one's. You dont even need to apply for it. If your benefit centre is on the ball. However, do notify your local council of the change & the benefit centre will advise them of the correct dates!!!

:beer: Good Luck!!! :hello:

C xx

vegankris

Colette.smith wrote: »

Does anyone know where i stand for those, do you get the £100 if its only temp work and do they pay your rent and council tax for the month?

Having problems finding answers on the government sites.

You should get the £100 for finding temp work afaik- my OH has just got a temp job a couple of days ago and was given his.

Not sure about the rent or council tax though, sorry.

czbikerchick

Hi everyone,

i made a mistake and took a part time but permanent employment as a cleaner which was ment to be only for few months till i could get back to the office job again but with the recession i ended up being stuck there as there are not so many jobs around. I am qualifed office worker and i am trying to get permanent full time office job but with no success yet.

So i was thinking about going into a temp work in the office which would hopefully improve my chances of getting permanent office job.

My question is, if i leave permanent work and go to temporary job, will i be able to claim unemployment benefits after that temp job ends in case i couldn't find any other job after that?

Thank you to all for your help.

Serenity

furbyfruitcake wrote: »

Hi

I currently work in Jobseekers Allowance so am up to date with benefit regs.

Basically u can work as tempory as u like. When u reclaim (if its within a 12 week period of ur previous claim) then u complete a Jobseekers Allowance Rapid Reclaim Form (JSA4RR). These forms are treated as urgent, this is because most if not all employers dont pay Termination Payments ie. redundancy, ex-gratia payments etc to someone with so little employment history.

If ur working temp more often than not & work less than 16 hours in any one benefit week (the day after u last signed on, to the next day ur due to sign on ie if ur signing day is a Monday ur benefit week starts the next day - Tuesday & runs 7 days to the following Monday) if u've worked less than 16 hours then dont sign off!!!! Declare part time work instead.

U are allowed to ern £5 (for a single person) (£10 per couple or £20 if ur a lone parent) then the wage u've erned is deducted pound for pound off ur JSA.

One word of warning - if working temp. u may not be erning the lower earnings limit, in otherwards, if u sign off each time a temp job starts & work less than 16 hours or ern less than £89(ish) per week, then ur employer is not liable to credit u with a Nation Insurance Contribution for that week. This will have a devistating effect on ur state pension & will most certainly effect any future claims to Incapicity/Sickness Benefit.

Hope av not confused u!!!!!

If you are an example of the people who work there then it might explain the multiple idiotic errors I experienced during the few months I received JSA.

Edit: just realised how old this post is but never mind, the point stands.

sundays

i see this is a old post but the point remains.

if i had to do a rapid reclaim, does the date commence from the original claim as i may need a letter to show someone of ongoing benefit entitlement or will it show from the rapid reclaim date.
The temp work will prob only be two weeks.