Getting a few months contract work in UK - impact on JSB?

[Don_08]

Been on JSB since July - possibility of a few months contract work in UK - 2-3 months max.

Would I still be able to pick up JSB on return , and would it still finish in June 2012?

 

[Ildánach]

If upon your return you reclaim Jobseekers Benefit, and your new claim is not separated by more than 26 weeks from the end of your last period on Jobseekers Benefit, you will take up where you left off before you left. See here for full details of linking http://www.welfare.ie/EN/OperationalGuidelines/Pages/jb_jobseekben.aspx#part6

You won't be claiming your Benefit while you're away working, so you will have an extra 2/3 months left to claim, so your Benefit won't exhaust until September/October 2012.