monkey0804
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You'd definitely have a good chance to get a Medical/GP Visit card and you need to make sure your husband (I'm assuming you're married here) gets the home career allowance.monkey0804 said:I hope to finish work soon and be a stay at home mother. I think if I voluntarily give up work and am not actively seeking work I'm not entitled to dole, but does anyone know if I've any other entitlements due to me in that scenario? It will be financially very very hard, so I'd like to make sure I'm not missing anything I might be entitled to.
Are you sure about that? Whatever about Disability Benefit being a possible option in the case of having to cease working for health reasons (including stress) I always understood that UB/UA were only payable if one did not give up work voluntarily and were genuinely seeking and available for work thereafter?michaelm said:In such case one may be entitled to draw unemployment benefit, for which PRSI has been paid, for up to 15 months. However it's a matter of how one might interpret and view these things.
However it's a matter of how one might interpret and view these things.
If you give up work because you're stressed out, have interpersonal issues, experience bullying, etc., whatever and go into your local DSW office, fill out the forms, then you should start receiving unemployment benefit after a few weeks. Yes, you need to be seeking suitable employment and may, periodically, need to produce some documentary evidence of that.ClubMan said:Are you sure about that? Whatever about Disability Benefit being a possible option in the case of having to cease working for health reasons (including stress) I always understood that UB/UA were only payable if one did not give up work voluntarily and were genuinely seeking and available for work thereafter?
I thinks it's more a case of how the DSFA would interpret things.
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If by "creatively" you mean engaging in welfare fraud then you should note that this thread has already been subject to extensive moderation in order to delete posts recommending just such a course of action. Maybe if fewer people engaged in welfare fraud and tax evasion we'd have less moaning about our allegedly high tax economy?If I feel that a system treats me unfairly I try to engage it creatively.
By "creatively" I mean creatively, imaginatively, innovatively, take your pick but not fraud; and my comment that you quoted was meant to be generic rather than specific to the DSFA. I don't think there's anything wrong with putting the best possible light on ones case when dealing with any arm of the state.ClubMan said:If by "creatively" you mean engaging in welfare fraud . .
Indeed. I agree that if you are unemployed and not seeking suitable employment you do not qualify for UB. I was suggesting that if monkey0804 were to rethink she might in fact look for suitable/family-friendly employment and as such be entitled to UB. I do not encourage welfare fraud. I do not have permission or sufficient privileges to access your 'moaning' link, if that's where you have unearthed ironic posts. Whatever your reply, if any, I'm sure you're right.ClubMan said:monkey0804 already said that she would be giving up work voluntarily and not seeking or available for work thereafter and recognised that this would mean that she was not eligible for UA/UB. So to advise her to claim UA/UB regardless is not stimulating creativity but is encouraging welfare fraud. Ironic that you give out about high taxes in one thread and encourage welfare fraud in another.
Can you explain precisely how working from home in this context would impact one's entitlement to UA/UB?michaelm said:If I was in your position I might take a more creative view of the situation . . It may be quite reasonable to suggest that the stress of my current employment in relation to travel, hours, childcare etc does is putting too great a burden on family life and as such I have had to give up my current job and will seek a more suitable position, possible working from home, more flexible hours, less commute etc. In such case one may be entitled to draw unemployment benefit, for which PRSI has been paid, for up to 15 months.
G7979 said:just because you give up work as opposed to being fired or made redundant etc does not necessarily mean you are not entitled to UA/UB, I think the only requirement is that you must be actively seeking work.
If you give up work because you're stressed out, have interpersonal issues, experience bullying, etc., whatever and go into your local DSW office, fill out the forms, then you should start receiving unemployment benefit after a few weeks. Yes, you need to be seeking suitable employment and may, periodically, need to produce some documentary evidence of that.
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