And who is entitled for that ?
2007-09-23 08:42:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
JSA is only payable to lawful permanent UK residents who are looking for work. It is NOT payable to visitors or those on most kinds of visas, not to East Europeans unless they have already worked for at least a year. Anyway, at 45 pounds a week, or 56 for over-25's it's not much to get excited about.
2007-09-23 09:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paid to people who are unemployed and available and actively seeking work. There are 2 types of Jobseekers Allowance, contribution-based and income-based Jobseekers Allowance:
Contribution-based Jobseekers Allowance is paid if you have paid (and been credited with) enough National Insurance contributions in the appropriate years.Contribution-based JSA is not means tested and can be paid regardless of what your partner’s circumstances are but it is only paid for 6 months.
Income based JSA is means tested and will be affected by most income that you and your partner have. Income-based JSA is not paid if you have savings over £8000 and if you work 16 hours per week or more or your partner works 24 hours per week or more. Income-based JSA can help with mortgage payments.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE
Jobseekers Allowance is available for those over the age of 18 who are capable and available for work and actively seeking a job.
A Jobseeker’s Agreement is agreed with an adviser at the local Job Centre, covering the type of job you are looking for and how you will try to get work. You will have regular follow up interviews to discuss your job search progress. Your benefit depends on you proving that you are actively looking for work and doing as you agreed in your Jobseeker’s Agreement.
Full-time students are not usually able to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance. Part-time students may be able to claim if they are available for and actively seeking work. They must also be willing to change the hours they study or give up their course immediately to start a job.
16 and 17 year olds are not usually entitled to Jobseeker’s Allowance as the government has guaranteed a Youth Training Place to all. However, certain groups are able to claim. These include:
People with a partner and children
People with disabilities
people who have just left care or prison
Young people forced to live away from home.
2007-09-23 15:49:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
job seekers allowance is a payment paid every 2 weeks for those seeking a job actively
2007-09-23 17:44:19 · answer #3 · answered by Perfectionist 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
job seeker's allowance is a joke. £44 a week, basically, which is nowhere near enough money to live on.
2007-09-23 15:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by lostinconfusion 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
its a benefit given by the job center to young people over the age of 18 who are eligable for work, to help them to surport themselves
2007-09-23 15:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its an allowance for people seeking jobs
Its for people seeking jobs and who need an allowance to do so.
2007-09-23 15:52:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
its a benefit paid to people who are out of work and it seems everybody is entitled to it except those who work and pay the taxes it is sourced from
2007-09-23 16:04:31 · answer #7 · answered by vdv_desantnik 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Anyone who is pretending to be looking for employment of course.
2007-09-23 20:12:18 · answer #8 · answered by andyman 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not you.
Get a job instead. It's far easier.
2007-09-23 15:51:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
i think the lunatic is wrong.
2007-09-23 15:52:47 · answer #10 · answered by louise d 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋