Covid19 €350 Payment backdated

PhilDawn

Hello everyone,

Before the country went into lockdown I had started a new job.

I was only working 3 days before the lockdown was imposed.

I lost my job as a direct result of Covid19 however I didn't apply for the €350 payment as my employer hadnt registered me as working for him.

He has since done that and im now wondering if I can backdate the payment?

Boards.ie: Niamh

Moved to State Benefits

PhilDawn

Boards.ie: Niamh wrote: »

Moved to State Benefits

Thanks :-) couldn't find the right place to post

splinter65

PhilDawn wrote: »

Thanks :-) couldn't find the right place to post

Have you applied for the covid payment? I assume you have. No. The matter of backdating will be considered when you close your claim when you’ve found a new job.

PhilDawn

splinter65 wrote: »

Have you applied for the covid payment? I assume you have. No. The matter of backdating will be considered when you close your claim when you’ve found a new job.

Hi

No I didn't apply. I was only working with my employer for 3 days. He hadn't registered me with the revenue.

He said he will entered the date I started and finished work with him online to show that I was working with him directly up until the Friday when we all lost our jobs.

In theory I should be eligible and hopefully be able to backdate the payment as I did lose my job directly as a result of Covid19.

wifey28

PhilDawn wrote: »

Hi

No I didn't apply. I was only working with my employer for 3 days. He hadn't registered me with the revenue.

He said he will entered the date I started and finished work with him online to show that I was working with him directly up until the Friday when we all lost our jobs.

In theory I should be eligible and hopefully be able to backdate the payment as I did lose my job directly as a result of Covid19.

As far as im aware it cant be backdated before you actually apply for it. And even then theres no info currently on if itll be backdated or jsut paid as is for the few weeks its needed

splinter65

PhilDawn wrote: »

Hi

No I didn't apply. I was only working with my employer for 3 days. He hadn't registered me with the revenue.

He said he will entered the date I started and finished work with him online to show that I was working with him directly up until the Friday when we all lost our jobs.

In theory I should be eligible and hopefully be able to backdate the payment as I did lose my job directly as a result of Covid19.

In order to be eligible you needed to have been in paid employment on March 13. If you were and you lost your job because of Covid then you will get it.
But you’d better hurry up and apply because there’s no backdating and the whole issue of backdating will only be looked at when you close your claim and go back to work.

PhilDawn

splinter65 wrote: »

In order to be eligible you needed to have been in paid employment on March 13. If you were and you lost your job because of Covid then you will get it.
But you’d better hurry up and apply because there’s no backdating and the whole issue of backdating will only be looked at when you close your claim and go back to work.

Thank you dude

misstearheus

I think it's Dudess actually?!?:D But that just a guess on my part I could be wrong too.

Ogham

splinter65 wrote: »

Have you applied for the covid payment? I assume you have. No. The matter of backdating will be considered when you close your claim when you’ve found a new job.

Is this info from Social Welfare ? Any link?

Thanks

splinter65

Ogham wrote: »

Is this info from Social Welfare ? Any link?

Thanks

If you ring your local SW office then this is the only information available to them. This is because no decision has been made yet as to wether it’s actually going to be backdated at all. The current position is that if it is to be backdated, it will happen when the claimant closes the claim. That’s if it happens.