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I have just returned from abroad where I've been working on seasonal contracts for the past 4 years and unfortunately have no stamps that can be used in Ireland to claim jobseekers benefit but there's a possibility that I can get jobseekers allowance instead. My questions are: ...
What is the JA weekly rate? I can the JB rate on oasis.gov.ie so is this the same as the JA's rate?
How hard is the means test and the Habitual Residence Test? Before I was abroad (I left when I was 26), I have always worked as a teenager and as an adult in Ireland and I intend to stay here now. As I don't have the stamps for JB, I need to prove that I want to live in Ireland.
I've done the whole agency bit and being brought in for jobs that don't exist in the first place. It's a complete employers' market out there and despite having good qualifications and work experience..the only piece of work that been's offered to me is tempping for 3 hours a day for 5 days a week in a very menial job, travelling 2 hours to get there and another 2 hrs to get back PLUS they're looking for a 3 month commitment from me! I haven't had the nod yet from Social Welfare to say I'm getting any JA at all and I don't know whether to take this tempping job ... given the travelling expense, that the 3-month commitment could block another job opportunity and it's not my area of expertise. But if things don't pick-up (my worse fear) ... what would you do???
Help sought just for the sake of peace of mind!
Thansks.
I have just returned from abroad where I've been working on seasonal contracts for the past 4 years and unfortunately have no stamps that can be used in Ireland to claim jobseekers benefit but there's a possibility that I can get jobseekers allowance instead. My questions are: ...
What is the JA weekly rate? I can the JB rate on oasis.gov.ie so is this the same as the JA's rate?
How hard is the means test and the Habitual Residence Test? Before I was abroad (I left when I was 26), I have always worked as a teenager and as an adult in Ireland and I intend to stay here now. As I don't have the stamps for JB, I need to prove that I want to live in Ireland.
I've done the whole agency bit and being brought in for jobs that don't exist in the first place. It's a complete employers' market out there and despite having good qualifications and work experience..the only piece of work that been's offered to me is tempping for 3 hours a day for 5 days a week in a very menial job, travelling 2 hours to get there and another 2 hrs to get back PLUS they're looking for a 3 month commitment from me! I haven't had the nod yet from Social Welfare to say I'm getting any JA at all and I don't know whether to take this tempping job ... given the travelling expense, that the 3-month commitment could block another job opportunity and it's not my area of expertise. But if things don't pick-up (my worse fear) ... what would you do???
Help sought just for the sake of peace of mind!
Thansks.