If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

SW payments while working IBEC placement

Shelga · 2011-01-02 02:03:36

The IBEC website says candidates for their unpaid internships will only be eligible to receive SW payments while working if they have already been on the dole for at least 3 months. I graduated in May; working fulltime in an unrelated field until 2 weeks ago. I saw a job I'd love, a 9 month unpaid engineering internship-…

02-01-2011 3:03am

#1

Shelga

Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,020 ✭✭✭

Join Date: February 2006

Posts: 2880

The IBEC website says candidates for their unpaid internships will only be eligible to receive SW payments while working if they have already been on the dole for at least 3 months. I graduated in May; working fulltime in an unrelated field until 2 weeks ago.

I saw a job I'd love, a 9 month unpaid engineering internship- am I correct in thinking I would be entitled to absolutely nothing from anyone for the entirety of those 9 months, purely because I had a job until now?

Would appreciate if anyone could shed some light on the reasoning behind this, because it seems absolutely insane. :mad:

0