Jobseeker's Allowance and Part Time Work

Azza

Here is a question that hopefully someone can help me with.

Been on Jobseekers Allowance for a few months and about 4 weeks ago I started part time night work which will be on and off for on weekends for a few months.

From my understanding of it, I can claim part of the Allowance if I'm not working more than 3 days. So I be entitled to 4-5 days Allowance if I working 2-3 nights on the weekend.

So I went in an explained this to them. They made the change in the system gave me the dockets you fill out and drop in on a Thursday and a form for my employer to fill out. I was told until the form was returned I would not be getting anything.

However I'm actually a contract worker, so I guess I'm in the self employeed category. I'm not actual employee of the company I get the work off.

So after speaking with the company I got the work off they said I can claim for casual work if I'm self employed. Simply get the correct form and fill it out and after you get means tested your sorted. So I contacted Social Welfare and they said they would send out the form I needed. A week later no form arrived so I went down to the social welfare only to be told that self employeed person's doing casual work are not eligible for any job seekers allowance. This is the exact oppposite of a friend of mine who is doing the same job I am was told. He got the form for self employment filled it out and dropped it back in and was told a means tester would come to this house and if the means testing went okay he would get the part of the allowance he is eligible for.

Who is actually correct?

I have been turning in those dockets for the last 3 weeks knowing I won't get payed until I get some sort of means testing performed but all the same have been getting them in on time.

edellc

Azza wrote: »

Here is a question that hopefully someone can help me with.

Been on Jobseekers Allowance for a few months and about 4 weeks ago I started part time night work which will be on and off for on weekends for a few months.

From my understanding of it, I can claim part of the Allowance if I'm not working more than 3 days. So I be entitled to 4-5 days Allowance if I working 2-3 nights on the weekend.

So I went in an explained this to them. They made the change in the system gave me the dockets you fill out and drop in on a Thursday and a form for my employer to fill out. I was told until the form was returned I would not be getting anything.

However I'm actually a contract worker, so I guess I'm in the self employeed category. I'm not actual employee of the company I get the work off.

So after speaking with the company I got the work off they said I can claim for casual work if I'm self employed. Simply get the correct form and fill it out and after you get means tested your sorted. So I contacted Social Welfare and they said they would send out the form I needed. A week later no form arrived so I went down to the social welfare only to be told that self employeed person's doing casual work are not eligible for any job seekers allowance. This is the exact oppposite of a friend of mine who is doing the same job I am was told. He got the form for self employment filled it out and dropped it back in and was told a means tester would come to this house and if the means testing went okay he would get the part of the allowance he is eligible for.

Who is actually correct?

I have been turning in those dockets for the last 3 weeks knowing I won't get payed until I get some sort of means testing performed but all the same have been getting them in on time.

your not going to get anything until you get your forms filled out check out their webpage
http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Pages/jajbfaq.aspx
but realistically go back down to them and have another chat tell them they are giving you conflicting info and that you are the one suffering financially due to this