I applied to Jobseekers after being made redundant in November. I received the following notification.
Please be advised as you have received in excess of €90,000 in redundancy payment and you are under 55 years of age, the maximum disqualification period of 9 weeks will apply to your claim.
This means you will lose 9 weeks of your Jobseekers Benefit entitlement, if you were to claim now.
If you were to hold on until the 9 weeks elapse and make your claim on 1st February 2025, you will be entitled to receive your full 9 month entitlement on Jobseekers Benefit, should you remain unemployed for that length of time.
Please let me know in the 'officer communication' tab how you would like to proceed within the next 7 days, i.e. by 20th December 2024.
Failure to respond will mean I will proceed with the decision to disqualify for 9 weeks.
What are the benefits of proceeding with the Jobseeker's Benefit application v deferring the application for 9 weeks as advised by the DSP?
Please be advised as you have received in excess of €90,000 in redundancy payment and you are under 55 years of age, the maximum disqualification period of 9 weeks will apply to your claim.
This means you will lose 9 weeks of your Jobseekers Benefit entitlement, if you were to claim now.
If you were to hold on until the 9 weeks elapse and make your claim on 1st February 2025, you will be entitled to receive your full 9 month entitlement on Jobseekers Benefit, should you remain unemployed for that length of time.
Please let me know in the 'officer communication' tab how you would like to proceed within the next 7 days, i.e. by 20th December 2024.
Failure to respond will mean I will proceed with the decision to disqualify for 9 weeks.
What are the benefits of proceeding with the Jobseeker's Benefit application v deferring the application for 9 weeks as advised by the DSP?