Maybe some of you guy's in the know can tell me if this was acceptable and that if I should have went along with it....
Basically I recently changed over from Jobseekers benefit to allowance. I used to sign in the Labour exchange on a Wednesday but as I changed over to Jobseekers Allowance I now have to sign on a Tuesday.
Now I got caught off guard do to personal isseues and only remembered late on the Tuesday that I had to sign so I rushed to the Labour and even though it was a couple of minutes before 4 o' clock the guy wouldn't let me in.
Ok so that's fair enough, so I went down the next day and the lady said to come back the following week as that is for the "late signers". The following day I noticed no money was in the bank so I rang the Labour and they said that is correct that the Minister for.... I can't remember to be honest brought out new laws in the past few weeks and that it would be 3 weeks before my payment will be there.
They advised me to go to the relieving officer, so I did, and he said he can't help me as my claim with the labour was still live. He told me they can't leave me without money for 3 weeks and to ask for the hatch supervisor.
I went away and back over to the hatch supervisor and they told me nothing can be done, and could " I not borrow on the strength" of the money.
So as I claim for my wife and 3 kids I am/was left for 3 weeks without any money at all. I collected my last payment in my back on the 23rd April and am not due to collect my next paymet until the 14th of May.
Now here's another twist in the situation. When I went to sign, the guy in the hatch said, "where do you want to collect your next payment, what post office",. I toldy him I get paid into the bank and he said new rules are if you miss signing on, that you have to go back to getting paid in the post office for 6 months!!
Also he tells me my money will be in the post office on Tues the 12th of May, so that's 2 days before I should be due 3 weeks money, and I'm wondering if I'm now only going to collect 2 weeks money when I should be due 3 weeks.
Currently we did borrow on the strength of the money and if there is only 2 weeks money there we will be screwed.
So should we be due 3 weeks, I hope so ?
I missed one signing day, can they make me change for getting paid into the bank for 6 months ?
Should I have just take the "abuse" from the 2 people I spoke to in the Labour exchange, as in I felt they were just trying to get me out of there and were not helpful at all, very ignorant to be honest.
I wouln't be on Social welfare if didn't have to believe me. I work most of my life but here's some crap that I just don't understand.... I got let go out of my job, I didn't get a christmas bonus at the time so I asked why not, I'm told I'm not unemployed long enough, that I had to be on Jobseekers Allowance. I applied for fuel allowance, I was refused for the same reason.
What I find hard to take is the amount of Junkies and other people that have no intention whatso ever of ever working and just sit about and do drugs ect... just get everthing handed to them, same goes for the foreigners.
Another this I noticed about the "Foreigners" was, I was waiting to see the welfare officer and you have to take a ticket with a number on it, so I took one. Then while I was waiting I copped what was happeing. The Foreigners are taking upto 5-6 tickets each and their friends were just walking in the door and were basically skipping the whole que as their friends were giving them some of the extra tickets they took.
They really have it sewin up don't they
Apologies for the bit of a rant there, but it's hard not to feel hard done by when you see how the "system" works.
Thanks guy's
Basically I recently changed over from Jobseekers benefit to allowance. I used to sign in the Labour exchange on a Wednesday but as I changed over to Jobseekers Allowance I now have to sign on a Tuesday.
Now I got caught off guard do to personal isseues and only remembered late on the Tuesday that I had to sign so I rushed to the Labour and even though it was a couple of minutes before 4 o' clock the guy wouldn't let me in.
Ok so that's fair enough, so I went down the next day and the lady said to come back the following week as that is for the "late signers". The following day I noticed no money was in the bank so I rang the Labour and they said that is correct that the Minister for.... I can't remember to be honest brought out new laws in the past few weeks and that it would be 3 weeks before my payment will be there.
They advised me to go to the relieving officer, so I did, and he said he can't help me as my claim with the labour was still live. He told me they can't leave me without money for 3 weeks and to ask for the hatch supervisor.
I went away and back over to the hatch supervisor and they told me nothing can be done, and could " I not borrow on the strength" of the money.
So as I claim for my wife and 3 kids I am/was left for 3 weeks without any money at all. I collected my last payment in my back on the 23rd April and am not due to collect my next paymet until the 14th of May.
Now here's another twist in the situation. When I went to sign, the guy in the hatch said, "where do you want to collect your next payment, what post office",. I toldy him I get paid into the bank and he said new rules are if you miss signing on, that you have to go back to getting paid in the post office for 6 months!!
Also he tells me my money will be in the post office on Tues the 12th of May, so that's 2 days before I should be due 3 weeks money, and I'm wondering if I'm now only going to collect 2 weeks money when I should be due 3 weeks.
Currently we did borrow on the strength of the money and if there is only 2 weeks money there we will be screwed.
So should we be due 3 weeks, I hope so ?
I missed one signing day, can they make me change for getting paid into the bank for 6 months ?
Should I have just take the "abuse" from the 2 people I spoke to in the Labour exchange, as in I felt they were just trying to get me out of there and were not helpful at all, very ignorant to be honest.
I wouln't be on Social welfare if didn't have to believe me. I work most of my life but here's some crap that I just don't understand.... I got let go out of my job, I didn't get a christmas bonus at the time so I asked why not, I'm told I'm not unemployed long enough, that I had to be on Jobseekers Allowance. I applied for fuel allowance, I was refused for the same reason.
What I find hard to take is the amount of Junkies and other people that have no intention whatso ever of ever working and just sit about and do drugs ect... just get everthing handed to them, same goes for the foreigners.
Another this I noticed about the "Foreigners" was, I was waiting to see the welfare officer and you have to take a ticket with a number on it, so I took one. Then while I was waiting I copped what was happeing. The Foreigners are taking upto 5-6 tickets each and their friends were just walking in the door and were basically skipping the whole que as their friends were giving them some of the extra tickets they took.
They really have it sewin up don't they
Apologies for the bit of a rant there, but it's hard not to feel hard done by when you see how the "system" works.
Thanks guy's