am i entitled to anything?

[lollilolli]

Live with my fiance, whos wages are 360e a week, i just found a job with a cleaning company, at the moment im working 6 hours a week(2 hours, 3 mornings a week) and i get paid monthly, i get 216 a month

At the moment the 6 hours are all they can offer me but it can change when they get new cleaning contracts. But ATM 6 hours a week is all they can offer me

Would i be entitled to something from social welfare considering i live with my partner

Our rents 135 a week

Thanks

 

[ClubMan]

Without meaning to deflect your question ... why not just pop into your local CitizensInformation centre or Social Welfare office and just ask? SW themselves are very helpful in my experience and can tell you straight what you might be entitled to and how to apply. You could be entitled to (means tested) Jobseeker's Allowance or Jobseeker's Benefit (depending on past PRSI contribution history) for the days that you are not working. There could be other payments which are relevant to your situation.

 

[lollilolli]

Without meaning to deflect your question ... why not just pop into your local CitizensInformation centre or Social Welfare office and just ask? SW themselves are very helpful in my experience

the SW in my town are very ignorant and snotty i wanted to avoid seeing them at all costs

 

[Bronte]

I think also a lot of people don't like going into the social welfare offices in their town as there is a kind of stigma attached to it. OP you should try in a main town/city. Also they have a book that lists out all the rules/contributions entitlements etc and you could get one of these. Maybe they have a phone line and you could talk to someone confidentially there. I do know that at one time living with an unmarried partner who had a certain income meant you would get nothing, but maybe things have changed.

 

[ClubMan]

the SW in my town are very ignorant and snotty i wanted to avoid seeing them at all costs

So call one of the contact numbers on their website then instead. And/or call or drop into CitizensInformation.

I think also a lot of people don't like going into the social welfare offices in their town as there is a kind of stigma attached to it.

Have to say that this sounds like a really silly attitude to me but there you go...

 

[Black Sheep]

Were you out of work before you got this job, and if so were you in receipt of any payment from SW or Rent Allowance.

 

[Mel]

Have to say that this sounds like a really silly attitude to me but there you go...

Personally I found the CWO in my town extremely condescending when I had to deal with her following a redundancy a few years ago. She spoke and acted as if the money came from her own pocket, and as if I'd engineered a 'redundancy' to avail of additional payments. She found it hard to believe the whole company had shut down until she spoke to the owner...
The people at the social welfare office on the other hand couldn't have been more helpful.

 

[ClubMan]

Personally I found the CWO in my town extremely condescending when I had to deal with her following a redundancy a few years ago. She spoke and acted as if the money came from her own pocket, and as if I'd engineered a 'redundancy' to avail of additional payments. She found it hard to believe the whole company had shut down until she spoke to the owner..

If you had a problem with customer service then you should have lodged a formal complaint. Otherwise probably nothing will change.

 

[lollilolli]

Were you out of work before you got this job, and if so were you in receipt of any payment from SW or Rent Allowance.

i was working in a canteen but left after an argument with the boss, i didnt go on the dole or anything i lived off savings i had and then i got this job

 

[Bronte]

"If you had a problem with customer service then you should have lodged a formal complaint. Otherwise probably nothing will change."

Clubman, having been at the receiving end of the 'attitude' by some (not all) social welfare officers when one is in the unfortunate position of looking for money and no work to be had, lodging complains would only result in your claim being held up and them creating all kinds of difficult problems for you. I don't know about nowadays but it used to be desperate in the social welfare offices, very depressing, inhumane and embarrassing being made to feel you were the lowest of the low. It's very hard to fight back when you're in that situation.