If you are self-employed, you may be entitled to JA, depending on your income from your business. You can find out more in our document about self-employment and unemployment. Self-employed farmers on a low income can apply for Farm Assist.
If you are a professional artist on JA, you can be exempt from l abour market activation for the first year that you are out of work. This means that you do not have to show that you are looking for work. It allows professional artists who are getting JA to focus on their artistic work. The means test looks at your income, savings, investments and property, but not your own home.
However, some income is not be taken into account in the means test. A limitation applies, which means that if you are claiming JA and your partner is getting certain social welfare payments, the total amount paid to you as a couple cannot be more than the maximum amount for one person including any dependants on one social welfare payment.
Find out more in our document about how living with your parents is assessed in the means test. 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.
So you can see how moving to Universal Credit could affect your entitlements we will also show what you might be entitled to under Universal Credit on the results page.
Jobseeker's Allowance JSA is a benefit paid to eligible people who are currently unemployed and actively looking for work. You can claim JSA if you are: - actively looking for work or working fewer than 16 hours per week - over 18 but below State Pension age - living in England, Scotland or Wales If you are unemployed but not actively seeking work you may instead be able to claim Income Support or, if you are sick or disabled, Employment and Support Allowance.
For more information see eligibility conditions for Income Support or eligibility conditions for Employment and Support Allowance. There are 2 types of JSA: contribution-based and income-based. If you receive JSA income-based you may be able to get help with the cost of your mortgage and other home loans.
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