You may not be entitled to JA in certain situations. This is known as being disqualified. You could be disqualified from getting JA for up to 9 weeks if you:. Read more in our document about sanctions that may apply if you do not fulfil the conditions of your jobseeker's payment. If you have just left school, you cannot get Jobseeker's Allowance. To get Jobseeker's Allowance you must be at least 18 and be out of school for 3 months.
The 3 month disqualification rule does not apply to Youthreach participants. If you are a third-level student studying full-time, you cannot claim the dole JA or JB. You cannot sign on outside term-time, such as during the summer holidays unless you are a mature student. However, once you have finished college permanently you can claim a jobseeker's payment if you cannot find work. This is also the case if you leave college without finishing your course. The DSP has a fast-tracking system for people who sign off JA to take up work for a short period of up to 12 weeks or to go on a short training course lasting up to 12 weeks.
You must inform your Intreo Centre or local Social Welfare branch office before you start work or training. Your Rent Supplement can also be suspended for up to 12 weeks. If you were getting an age-related reduced rate of JA and you take part in a course of education, training or an employment support scheme the appropriate personal rate of payment applicable to that course or scheme will apply as long as you are aged under When you complete the course you will go back to your previous age-related JA rate.
Any means you have are deducted from this rate. Your payment can be reduced if you do not attend meetings when the DSP asks you to. It can also be reduced if you do not take part in an appropriate employment support scheme, work experience or training.
You can find out more in our document about penalties for not meeting the conditions of your jobseeker's payment. If you qualify for JA, you get an amount for yourself, which is called the personal rate of payment. You may also get an increase in your payment for an adult dependant and any child dependants.
Read more in our document on your Employer's duty to pay social insurance. The table below shows how long you may be disqualified for. Any period of disqualification is subtracted from your total Jobseeker's Benefit entitlement. So, if you are disqualified for 3 weeks which is 18 days' payment your JB claim starts on day If you are moving from PUP to Jobseeker's Benefit and got a redundancy payment while on PUP, the waiting period may be reviewed based on your circumstances.
However, if you are working and claiming JB systematic short-time workers and part-time workers you cannot simply continue your JB claim when it is exhausted since you must have suffered a substantial loss of employment to re-qualify for JB, unless you are a casual worker. If you have lost your job you will have suffered a substantial loss of employment. If you are a part-time or systematic short-time worker, DSP will look at your pattern of employment over the last 13 weeks or another representative period to find out whether you have suffered a substantial loss of employment.
If you claim JB for a period, sign off and then claim JB again within 26 weeks, your claim may be linked to the earlier claim. This means that your claim is not treated as a new claim and:. If your JB claim does not link to a previous claim it is treated as a new claim.
You must wait for 3 days before getting a payment and your cumulative total of days starts from the first day of payment. You can read more about linking claims including information on linking to a different scheme such as Illness Benefit and linking to an earlier JB claim through a different scheme or period spent in training or on an employment scheme.
The Department of Social Protection operates a fast-tracking system for people who sign off to take up work for a short period up to 12 weeks or to go on a short training course up to 12 weeks. This ensures that your payment is re-instated without delay. It is important that you inform your Intreo Centre or local Social Welfare Branch Office in advance that you are taking up work or training. Your Rent Supplement claim can also be suspended for up to 12 weeks. You should apply for Jobseeker's Benefit the first day you become unemployed.
It is important to apply on the first day you become unemployed because you will not get paid for the first 3 days of your claim. You get a personal rate and may get an increase for an adult dependant and child dependant see below. Your average weekly earnings do not affect the amount you get for a child dependant.
Jobseeker's Benefit rates are graduated according to your earnings in the relevant tax year. Your average weekly earnings are your gross yearly earnings from employment divided by the number of Class A, H or P paid contributions in the relevant tax year. The relevant tax year is 2 years before the year of your claim. For example, if you claim Jobseeker's Benefit in the relevant tax year is If you only qualify for a reduced JB payment, it may be of greater benefit for you to claim Jobseeker's Allowance instead of Jobseeker's Benefit.
Your payment can be reduced if you refuse or fail to attend meetings requested by the Department or if you refuse or fail to participate in an appropriate employment support scheme, work experience or training.
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