Benefits help

missbiggles1

beljim7419 wrote: »

It's the same down the job center. Nobody knows anything. No wonder people find it so hard getting back in to work when there is no clear guides or help.

You've been offered a job which will enable you to be less dependent on benefits - that should be all you need to know.

Darksparkle

beljim7419 wrote: »

It's the same down the job center. Nobody knows anything. No wonder people find it so hard getting back in to work when there is no clear guides or help.

Why not just answer the questions asked then someone can help you?

beljim7419

How can I possibly know how much I will earn this year? It would depend on when I started work.
You can leave the date blank in the calculator to predict how much you will receive to see if a job makes you better off or not.
I thought they just topped your money up to a certain amount. The Jobcenter said £15,000 which sounded high and the calculators don't go near that figure so I'm confused all round as Everyone has a differnet story to tell.

NYM

beljim7419 wrote: »

How can I possibly know how much I will earn this year? It would depend on when I started work.
You can leave the date blank in the calculator to predict how much you will receive to see if a job makes you better off or not.
I thought they just topped your money up to a certain amount. The Jobcenter said £15,000 which sounded high and the calculators don't go near that figure so I'm confused all round as Everyone has a differnet story to tell.

It's not difficult to predict surely?

You know how much you've received so far this tax year don't you? £? x 15 weeks (so far..) JSA + however much p/w you're being paid with this new job (37 weeks remaining of this tax year)
that should give you a clear idea of this years income.

Put that figure into the calculators and it should provide you with a more realistic figure of what you're likely to receive (if anything..)

Lanzarote1938

If someone is offered a job and doesn't take it because they will be no better off than on benefits then ALL benefits should be withdrawn.

I can't believe that folk are happy to stay on welfare when they have the opportunity to pay their way with money they have earned.

beljim7419

NYM wrote: »

It's not difficult to predict surely?

You know how much you've received so far this tax year don't you? £? x 15 weeks (so far..) JSA + however much p/w you're being paid with this new job (37 weeks remaining of this tax year)
that should give you a clear idea of this years income.

Put that figure into the calculators and it should provide you with a more realistic figure of what you're likely to receive (if anything..)

Maybe be it would for some people and not others you shouldn't presume.The point is mute anyway as the calculators don't ask any off that.

I have decided to go with the entitledto prediction and hope they are right so the thread can be closed.

beljim7419

Lanzarote1938 wrote: »

If someone is offered a job and doesn't take it because they will be no better off than on benefits then ALL benefits should be withdrawn.

I can't believe that folk are happy to stay on welfare when they have the opportunity to pay their way with money they have earned.

Just because you can't believe a thing doesn't make you right, just Self-righteousness.
I've paid my dues over the last 25 years and have the right to choose what is best for myself and others do too.

Darksparkle

beljim7419 wrote: »

The point is mute anyway as the calculators don't ask any off that.

Yes they do.

Darksparkle

beljim7419 wrote: »

I've paid my dues over the last 25 years

Not if you've been out of work for the past few years as you said in your op.

beljim7419

That's just your oppinion.
I'm amazed at how a Forum which is supposed to help the unemployed and other people who claim benefits is so full of judgmental people.
This section is to aid people not judge or force your own personal beliefs upon them.
Try to stick to the confinements of the benefit system rules and laws.