southcoast Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Can anyone answer me this question,if your on JSA and you have been offered a job of around 20 hrs per wk on minimum wage and your worse off can you turn down the job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9074510/Many-parents-better-off-on-the-dole-after-tax-credit-changes.html If you turn up to the interview covered in blood, mud and your own puke, then start gurning and speaking gobbledigook, they tend not to offer you the job in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoast Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9074510/Many-parents-better-off-on-the-dole-after-tax-credit-changes.html If you turn up to the interview covered in blood, mud and your own puke, then start gurning and speaking gobbledigook, they tend not to offer you the job in the first place. yes but thats covered in another thread about working tax,this is a different question,so do you get penalised if you say no to the job even though your going to be worse off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Can anyone answer me this question,if your on JSA and you have been offered a job of around 20 hrs per wk on minimum wage and your worse off can you turn down the job? Didn't you know you have to work your way into debt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 yes but thats covered in another thread about working tax,this is a different question,so do you get penalised if you say no to the job even though your going to be worse off? I'm not sure. If I were you I would ask at the jobcentre. But along the lines of, 'suppose I got a job and it worked out I was worse off working than on benefits?' Ask about 'better off in work credit', that might still exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcoast Posted February 11, 2012 Author Share Posted February 11, 2012 I'm not sure. If I were you I would ask at the jobcentre. But along the lines of, 'suppose I got a job and it worked out I was worse off working than on benefits?' Ask about 'better off in work credit', that might still exist. yes that seems good idea,thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anarchon Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I suggest you make an appointment with your adviser next week. Ask them to undertake a 'better off calculation'. It's a system they use to feed in all the available facts (ie salary details, working hours etc) and it will work out whether you'd be better off financially of starting the job taking into account the changes in council tax, housing benefit, tax credits etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Can anyone answer me this question,if your on JSA and you have been offered a job of around 20 hrs per wk on minimum wage and your worse off can you turn down the job? You shouldn't be worse off unless you fail to claim possible means-tested benefits you can still get while working (housing benefit, council tax benefit, tax credits) or your work expenses are so high they take a large chunk of your wage. Ask at the job centre about other benefits and also about N I credits as you'll not earn enough to pay your stamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitisbad Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 they used to do a 'better off' calculation and if you wouldn't be better off taking the job you didn't have t oaccept it, but this was before the conservative onslaught against benefits. best bet is to ask at the job centre if they still apply this calculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 put your details in here http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx it should tell you how much you can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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