First Contribution Condition for New Style Contributory JSA

Andrea_jardin

Sorry I don't know how to quote on here but to satisfy the First Contribution Condition:
1. the claimant must have paid Class 1 contributions in respect of one (“the base year”) of the last two complete tax years before the beginning of the relevant benefit year
2. Class 1 contributions must have been paid before the week that the claimant claims JSA
3. the claimant must have had relevant earnings for the base year on which the Class 1 contributions have been paid or treated as paid of at least 26 times the LEL for that tax year.  
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The Lower Earnings Limit is £120 per week and the Primary Threshold is £183.
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To satisfy 1., does the employee just need to have earned above £183 in just one of the weeks? eg earn £193 and pay £1.20 contribution.
To satisfy 2., does "before the week" mean "in the week before" the date of the claim?
To satisfy 3., is the minimum that the employee needs to earn:  £120 * 26 = £3,120?
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Thank you

MinuteNoodles

If you've not done 3 you won't get it. By meeting 3 you've automatically had to meet 1 and 2 because it's not possible to meet 3 without meeting the requirements for 1 and 2.

It isn't £3120 in total you need to have earned in any one year, it's 26 separate weeks of at least £120.

Andrea_jardin

MinuteNoodles said:

If you've not done 3 you won't get it. By meeting 3 you've automatically had to meet 1 and 2 because it's not possible to meet 3 without meeting the requirements for 1 and 2.

It isn't £3120 in total you need to have earned in any one year, it's 26 separate weeks of at least £120.

Thank you.
As an example, if you earn £125 per week for 26 weeks, as you wouldn't pay any contribution, would you still satisfy 1? 

calcotti

Andrea_jardin said:

MinuteNoodles said:

If you've not done 3 you won't get it. By meeting 3 you've automatically had to meet 1 and 2 because it's not possible to meet 3 without meeting the requirements for 1 and 2.

It isn't £3120 in total you need to have earned in any one year, it's 26 separate weeks of at least £120.

Thank you.
As an example, if you earn £125 per week for 26 weeks, as you wouldn't pay any contribution, would you still satisfy 1? 

Yes, because once over the lower earnings limit you are treated as having paid even though you don’t.