How would an agency driver go on the dole?

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keebs26uk:
I never quite grasped this whole work 16 hr thing and still get Jobseekers, Say Im on the usual Jobseekers and get £65 a week, what if a agency offers me 8hours work at £7hr which is £56 how much in total do I get ? Is it £56 for the work + my dole of £65 in a week or if less how is it calculated ?

I thought if you sign on and get a job you arent alloud to sign on again for 6months ? :question:

If you earned that much you would get nothing

Wrong…

As already stated, you get £5 of your declared earnings then £ for £ took off the dole, so, on that exampe, you’d get £70, £56 off your work + £14 dole.

The reason a lot of people do that though, is for other benefits, dental, prescriptions, council tax etc etc.

I’ve also bounced on and off using the rapid reclaim system during jan / feb of this year, never had a problem being signed on multiple agencies, so it’s bull whoever said that you can’t claim as you’re ‘employed by the agency’

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ok Im getting it now, have to forgive me Im abit slow :laughing:

so you get the £56 for work + £14 from the dole = £70 in total, so in fact your no better off as you get £65 sitting on your a*S :unamused:

I know you get rent and council tax etc but then you can also get that sitting on your a** :confused:

I think my best option would be wait for the work to pick up with the firm Im with and in mean time sign on, and when I get a full week then sign off ? But if I then had a quite week of 1day how long does it take to get the dole money with a rapid request form ?

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It used to be the case that you had to be “available for work during the working week” to sign on. That applied to Monday - Saturday; so you could work on Sunday and still claim.