Questions about JSA

Phone to check; but I would have thought it's the 8th day. I don't know (apart from no payment for the first 7 days) if the rules have changed. Do you have any other income or asvings over £6k? That would explain the £24.

Your claim starts when you make the phone call. But you have "waiting days" where you don't receive any money. To my knowledge, that's 7 days; so you should get paid from the 8th day.

JSA is conditional in certain factors. Like someone said, savings is a factor. However, there are more. I imagine that income-based JSA makes the amount a certain amount higher, based on income of the individual, there are other factors too, try to talk to your adviser about the areas that you are being paid for.

I shall call them to confirm, thank you.

When applying I stated that I had about £70 in the bank.



My letter confirming that application was approved said that I would be receiving £57.90 per week and made no reference to my savings. I am thinking that perhaps they started paying me from my first sign-on day (the 17th) since I received a payment covering 3 days on the 20th.

They usually tell you by a certain time, what you will get and how often, like the other individual said phone them to correctly check. Also look at your bank statement and measure the time periods of payment to see when the money will enter your account based on the dates on your JSA letter.

I just got off the phone with them.

Basically, since I was eligible to receive money for JSA from the 15th I only received £24 because I signed on only two days later on the 17th, so my first signing on day covered 2-3 days only.

All is well, the rest shall be a part of the next payment I receive from them. I just hope I have a job by then!

Thank you for your time