On the bench!

[psychocandy]

Benchees - hope your claiming JSA?

4 months on the bench = £1250 or so. Two months mortgage payments maybe.

Just saying like.

[SlipTheJab]

Benchees - hope your claiming JSA?

4 months on the bench = £1250 or so. Two months mortgage payments maybe.

Just saying like.

How does that work, I thought as an employee of your Ltd you couldn't claim it, can I just take the summer off and claim?

[eek]

How does that work, I thought as an employee of your Ltd you couldn't claim it, can I just take the summer off and claim?

only if your partner doesn't work, you have virtually 0 savings and you want the joys of universal credit....

[SlipTheJab]

only if your partner doesn't work, you have virtually 0 savings and you want the joys of universal credit....

Think I'll give it a miss, have seen the scary looking people outside Job Centres, never mind actually going in

[northernladuk]

4 months on the bench = £1250 or so. Two months mortgage payments maybe..

For someone in Wales maybe....

[SlipTheJab]

For someone in Wales maybe....

Why do you still have an avatar wearing a Christmas hat when its 20 plus outside and the sun is shining!

[northernladuk]

Why do you still have an avatar wearing a Christmas hat when its 20 plus outside and the sun is shining!

Keeps me cheerful and happy..

[psychocandy]

only if your partner doesn't work, you have virtually 0 savings and you want the joys of universal credit....

Contrib based means nothing to do with partners income. Savings have to be less than £16K I think.

And yes you can take the summer off and claim. As long as your ltd gives you a P45 and you tell job centre there is no work for your company. All perfectly allowable.

BUT, the law is you are looking for work and not sitting there doing nothing. They will ask you to prove this.

They wont ask you to take a job in tescos on the tills until you've been claiming for at least 3 months though. Thats the way it works - they will leave you alone to get on with it but will eventually expect you to lower your expectations.

[psychocandy]

Think I'll give it a miss, have seen the scary looking people outside Job Centres, never mind actually going in

Agreed. It is full of scummers. And sorting the claim out can be a right PITA. But if your on the bench you've got time.

3 months on the bench it all adds up even at £72 a week.

[psychocandy]

For someone in Wales maybe....