Hours Cut Am i Entitled to Claim

keithzer

I work 12 hour shifts 3 days a week getting 36 hours but my job is cutting my hours to 10 hour day 3 days a week 30 hours am i still doing to to many hours to claim??

culsoh

Jobseekers payments don't go on how many hours you work, it goes by the days. So, if you worked 2 hours a day for 4 days, you wouldn't be entitled to anything as you are only allowed to work a maximum of 3 days.

As you were already working 3 days per week I don't know if you would be able to claim, as you have not suffered a substancial loss of earnings, I think it is only when you go from 5/6 days down to 3 days but I could be wrong. Could you not go into your local Social Welfare Office and enquire?

Granger13

If you have been working full-time and your employer reduces your number of days you may be able to make a claim for an unemployment payment, But as your usual employment is 3 days and there is no actual loss of days, just a loss of hours, more than lieky you will not qualify, usualy you would need both to qualify, you could just go in and try to get it but you may be turned down as they may not consider it a substantial loss of employment.... the worst they can say is NO

keithzer

Thanks I'll pop down and see what they say.