JSA question

meghatronic · 14 Sep 2009 at 23:27

djmc0 said:
Same here, My mum kept my family afloat with more than one job. How old are you? Have you never been unemployed?

24, so not exactly been exposed to it. But newspaper house to college to pizzeria to computer repairs to database work to uni to Mercedes to compute repairs etc. Always done something. Even worked entire days for just £20 CIH before. Meh.

"andy" · 14 Sep 2009 at 23:32

Christo said:
13 weeks back is possible I believe.

its technically possible but it will be very tricky

you would need some good reasons and you would need 13 weeks of proof that you where searching for jobs. plenty of letters from companys etc. not even worth trying imo

anyway if your living with a parent/guardian you probably wont of been eligible for JSA untill september anyway.

djmc0 · 14 Sep 2009 at 23:35

meghatronic said:
24, so not exactly been exposed to it. But newspaper house to college to pizzeria to computer repairs to database work to uni to Mercedes to compute repairs etc. Always done something. Even worked entire days for just £20 CIH before. Meh.

Fair enough mate, I have maybe a luckier transition. Working for a financial house delivering mail, then working in a news international call centre, and now installing servers, and setting them for apps proved, for BP... Bute mate I have rid my luck. It really is true, not what you know, but who.

Seems as if we have similar upbringings.

And, BTW I am 26.

DanH84 · 14 Sep 2009 at 23:44

Christo said:
13 weeks back is possible I believe.

won't happen with the reason he'd give.

slylittlefox · 15 Sep 2009 at 00:41

My brother applied after he finished studying, was told no and that he had to wait until he graduated. He then questioned this a couple of months later and it turned out the first person was wrong, and they backpaid him, a few hundred quid if I remember.

So yes, it is possible, but only if you've got a valid excuse.

PardonTheWait · 15 Sep 2009 at 00:51

They're not going to give you back pay for being too lazy even to sign on

loltim · 15 Sep 2009 at 01:08

PardonTheWait said:
They're not going to give you back pay for being too lazy even to sign on

It's possible he was too lazy. Another possibility is he was looking for work unassisted for a few weeks in hope he could avoid the humiliation of signing on. Either way, you won't get back pay with out a really good reason, like aliens abducting you or something.

HAz · 15 Sep 2009 at 02:31

get a job down mc donalds m8

DanH84 · 15 Sep 2009 at 07:14

slylittlefox said:
My brother applied after he finished studying, was told no and that he had to wait until he graduated. He then questioned this a couple of months later and it turned out the first person was wrong, and they backpaid him, a few hundred quid if I remember.

So yes, it is possible, but only if you've got a valid excuse.

proving you were given incorrect advice is a valid reason yep.