Months worked to qualify for JSA?
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How many months would someone have to have worked (full-time) as a PAYE employee over the last 12 months in order to qualify for contribution-based JSA?
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2 years.
Not months years message to short.0 -
It's two years and the tax years they would look at would be 2017-18 and 2016-17.0
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It's New Style JSA now. See link. It's between April 2016 and March 2018. https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/help-if-on-a-low-income/jobseekers-allowance-jsa/before-you-claim-jsa/check-if-you-can-get-jsa/0
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It's two years and the tax years they would look at would be 2017-18 and 2016-17.
Does that mean that although I've been employed full-time (PAYE) all this current 2019-20 tax year, that contributions paid since this April wouldn't count towards any entitlement to contribution-based JSA; it's only based upon the 2016-17 and tax 2017-18 years?0 -
Yes that's right, it's the previous 2 tax years.0
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Does that mean that although I've been employed full-time (PAYE) all this current 2019-20 tax year, that contributions paid since this April wouldn't count towards any entitlement to contribution-based JSA; it's only based upon the 2016-17 and tax 2017-18 years?
Contributions since April 2018 do not count for a claim made now.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0 -
It's "interesting" that even the contributions which I made within the 2018-19 tax year (not just since April '19) as a PAYE employee do not count towards a claim made now.0
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It comes down to practicality. The contribution based entitlement is based on tax years. The NI record for the tax year cannot be finalised until after the end of the tax year. The last available tax year available for consideration in the 2019 benefit year is therefore the 2018-2018 tax year.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.0
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