Jobseeker's Benefit Money

oldz94

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I have a question about leaving the country when I receive Jobseeker's Benefit. Do I have to report every trip? If it does not include the day I collect the money, do I not have to report it?
 
I have a question about leaving the country when I receive Jobseeker's Benefit. Do I have to report every trip? If it does not include the day I collect the money, do I not have to report it?
You need permission from the DoSP before every foreign trip. You are entitled to 14 days holidays per year- also only after getting permission to leave the country.
 
You need permission from the DoSP before every foreign trip. You are entitled to 14 days holidays per year- also only after getting permission to leave the country.
If I take money on Wednesday morning, leave in the afternoon and come back on Tuesday, do I also have to report it?
 
Yes. You are required to report any change in circumstances.

The department may decide that if you are out of the country frequently, you are not looking for or available for work, which is one of the conditions for claiming Jobseekers.
 
If I take money on Wednesday morning, leave in the afternoon and come back on Tuesday, do I also have to report it?
That would count as fraud because you are practically all the time out of the country and only come back to collect your money.
 
People only receive Jobseekers benefit if they have been working for multiple years. In the vast majority of cases the JSB they receive is a fraction of the taxes they paid in the past year and possibly less than the taxes they paid on their redundancy if made redundant. Some of the rhetoric and curt responses on this thread are judgemental and unwarranted and extreme right wing in my opinion. I believe the OP has asked very valid questions so dont agree with the tone of some of the curt and judgemental responses.
 
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