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Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Barny1979 wrote: »

Would like to see the Daily Mail try to make a story about me using annual leave and Flexi/TOIL.

As your mortgage payment is set to go out on a date that falls on Saturday, I presume it will be taken on Monday, so potentially may overlap the payment going out and the JSA going in?

By perhaps negating your duties as a public servant, where I worked you had to take flex in the fortnight it was earned, not save it to negate your duties and thus, reduce staffing at JC's at this time of year, therefor not being able to provide a service on a normal working day, does not do you any favours.

As for your second suggestion, I suggest you read what happened the first time I signed. Do you think I would trust public servants to correct this continuing problem, enough to allow a refused DD on Monday? At my cost!

What do you think I should tell my mortgage provider on Saturday?

What do you think I should say to the JC staff on Monday?

One hopes that the public service complaints procedure, where they are poacher/gamekeeper is robust enough to allow a definitive answer before I write to my mp over this incompetentance. No worries, Barney, I will let you know their endeared response in not effecting payment on 11th December 2014. The continued non payment on 24th December 2015. And the effect this has on my medical condition. One hopes it does not worsen because of it.


No worries, that £7 will get the cat a tin, and me well flocking slaughtered won't it!

Barny1979

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

By perhaps negating your duties as a public servant, where I worked you had to take flex in the fortnight it was earned, not save it to negate your duties and thus, reduce staffing at JC's at this time of year, therefor not being able to provide a service on a normal working day, does not do you any favours.

Well I earned the flexi and TOIL in the previous four weeks as per policy, but nice assumption there. I don't work for the Job Centre by the way.

anamenottaken

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

My contribution based JSA was not paid today, it was paid late last time it was due, and I got those idle people at the JC to sort it out. Apparently the system set up does not like Joint Claims, on the new pad system. Was assured after their flock up on 11th December 2014, it would not occur again.
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Is your partner also claiming JSA? Did their claim pre-date yours?

I thought Joint Claims were Income-Related not Contribution-based.

tomtontom

JCP staff are not given Christmas Eve off, they have to use a day's holiday for it, they don't get a choice in the matter. If you're going to complain you need to be looking far higher up the food chain.

As for only having £7, you've had the day to make alternative arrangements - emergency funds from the council or a Food Bank would have been options. Better in these circumstances to be proactive than sit and moan about it

anamenottaken wrote: »

Is your partner also claiming JSA? Did their claim pre-date yours?

I thought Joint Claims were Income-Related not Contribution-based.

They can be both - either just IR or CB with an IR top up.

Barny1979

Also negate my duties trust me Blackhead, I have not neglected my duties, as I have ensured sufficient cover for my department and I will be back in on the 28th-31st December, to ensure adequate cover on these days.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Barny if you are a civil servant. You do not do your fellow colleagues well in your thoughts.

Tomton. Fortunately I am able to budget on the meagre allowance that is reduced due to the fact I got married 28 years ago by £80 a week. It is such that the system does not allow two married people on a joint claim to be paid, accepted, or what. They pay millions for government IT, yet it falls over on my legitimate claim. It is not the first thing the system has failed on. The mess of registering on UJC fairs in this mess! And I have only tried to sign the new expensive universal signature mat once. Last time they resorted to paper because of the flock up on paying on 11th.

God knows what the wl do next time, should I need to, sign, take DNA swabs!

Barny1979

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

Barny if you are a civil servant. You do not do your fellow colleagues well in your thoughts.

Feel free to expand on this.

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Barny. Please add something constructive as to why the millions wasted on government IT have seen fit to fail to deposit my contribution based JSA twice, when I have only signed twice, or shut up.

And I mean the fact that you claim to be a civil servant and don't contribute to this thread, that does your colleagues no good. So say something construction or take a ...

Barny1979

Obviously the alcohol is kicking in now.....

zaax

Because civil servants aren't qualified enough to write / agree a good contract.