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Casual subbing and social welfare

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  • 03-10-2016 1:05pm
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    colgan92
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    Hi, I'm an NQT and I'm doing a few days subbing here and there in different schools around Laois and Offaly. I went to my local Social Welfare office and they gave me the X's and O's forms to fill out each week to say which days I'm working. The only thing is, they want me to get a form signed by employer (presumably the Department of Education?) saying that I work for them and they also want an email from them saying so too. My question is, where do I send the form? And who do I email? They didn't know. Is anyone else in this situation who can help me out?
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    randylonghorn
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    Moved from Leaving Cert: Careers and Jobs Discussion


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    mtoutlemonde
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    colgan92 wrote: »
    Hi, I'm an NQT and I'm doing a few days subbing here and there in different schools around Laois and Offaly. I went to my local Social Welfare office and they gave me the X's and O's forms to fill out each week to say which days I'm working. The only thing is, they want me to get a form signed by employer (presumably the Department of Education?) saying that I work for them and they also want an email from them saying so too. My question is, where do I send the form? And who do I email? They didn't know. Is anyone else in this situation who can help me out?

    The school stamps the form and you send it into the SW office every week. I queried this before and was told that the school is your employer and the department is only the paymaster. Its a terrible system and one that doesn't make sense.


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    evolving_doors
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    mtoutlemonde wrote: »
    The school stamps the form and you send it into the SW office every week. I queried this before and was told that the school is your employer and the department is only the paymaster. Its a terrible system and one that doesn't make sense.

    Yes and it's been going on for decades (centuries!). The govt. provides 'for' education, the school provides the education.


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    mtoutlemonde
    Registered Users Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭mtoutlemonde


    Gebgbegb wrote: »
    Yes and it's been going on for decades (centuries!). The govt. provides 'for' education, the school provides the education.

    Well its the school having to stamp the form to state that you were working - if you were working for a day - you probably will go over the amount you can earn and can't collect SW - why does it matter where you were working if you are not collecting for the week. Why can they just provide the school roll number? It is very disheartening after five/six years of study and have to claim SW and then have to ask secretary to stamp form - it may not matter to many but I hated doing it. There are people who never search for work and don't have to provide proof of this.


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    evolving_doors
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    mtoutlemonde wrote: »
    Well its the school having to stamp the form to state that you were working - if you were working for a day - you probably will go over the amount you can earn and can't collect SW - why does it matter where you were working if you are not collecting for the week. Why can they just provide the school roll number? It is very disheartening after five/six years of study and have to claim SW and then have to ask secretary to stamp form - it may not matter to many but I hated doing it. There are people who never search for work and don't have to provide proof of this.

    I agree, thankfully it's been over 10 years since I had to endure the x's and o's. I remember having to explain each time what was going on (among all the long term dedicated unemployed!), eventually i got to know the right guy at the right hatch and he went out of his way to make things easy. a little easier.


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    Mayberry
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    It's grand to get the school to sign it for a week when you are actually subbing . However who signs it on weeks where you have no work at all and you are subbing in different schools


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    mtoutlemonde
    Registered Users Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭mtoutlemonde


    Mayberry wrote: »
    It's grand to get the school to sign it for a week when you are actually subbing . However who signs it on weeks where you have no work at all and you are subbing in different schools

    Just fill it in as not working


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