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Contribution-based JSA - Level of contributions needed??
dsab
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It looks like my wife's company will unfortunately go bust within the next few days.
She has been there for 12 years now, for the first 6 years fulltime and for the last 6 years part-time due to having children now. She is working 22 hours a week, and really only pays minimal Income tax and NI contributions based on her current low salary.
Is there any minimum amount of Tax/NI contributions she needs to have made to be entitled to contribution based JSA, or is the fact that she has worked for the last 2 years sufficient for the entitlement?
We are not entitled to any other benefits, as I earn "too much" (in the governments eyes), so being able to possibly claim 6 months JSA would help us until she finds something else.
She has been there for 12 years now, for the first 6 years fulltime and for the last 6 years part-time due to having children now. She is working 22 hours a week, and really only pays minimal Income tax and NI contributions based on her current low salary.
Is there any minimum amount of Tax/NI contributions she needs to have made to be entitled to contribution based JSA, or is the fact that she has worked for the last 2 years sufficient for the entitlement?
We are not entitled to any other benefits, as I earn "too much" (in the governments eyes), so being able to possibly claim 6 months JSA would help us until she finds something else.
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From what you have posted she is over the threshold to be entitled to ‘new style’ JSA. She needs to have been earning over £112/week from April 2016 to March 2017 and £113/week from April 2017 to March 2018. JSA is payable for a maximum of 26 weeks.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-style-jobseekers-allowanceInformation I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0
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