Rapid reclaim

[Tillysocute]

I have just finished a temporary 3 month work contract,last day was friday..

Was going to fill out the paperwork for JSA on line but it says to ring as it would be classed as a rapid reclaim....I was on JSA before the temp work.

 

I will do so in the morning..I was receiving a small amount of WTC do i have to inform them my contract is finished or will JSA do this for me..

[ErikaPNP]

You need to inform them; they are two seperate entities. Even if JSA advise they will inform them, the onus falls on you to declare the change, so if anything goes awry with notification, it's you that would be responsible for the overpayment. There may be a 4 weeks run on of WTC - ask them about this when you ring. 0845 300 3900.

 

Re the rapid reclaim, 3 months is a dodgy figure. Was the work below 12 weeks or over? If over, it's not a rapid reclaim you need, it's a fresh claim.

[antone]

The straightforward answer is: don't assume JSA will do this for you, inform WTC yourself.

 

There is a project being mooted called "Tell Us Once", which is supposed to allow transfer of information between government departments. At the moment, I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry about it...

[privatehudson]

Re the rapid reclaim, 3 months is a dodgy figure. Was the work below 12 weeks or over? If over, it's not a rapid reclaim you need, it's a fresh claim.

I'm pretty sure its a 26 week period for Rapid Reclaims, not 12. It was 3 months at some point in the past but they changed it a little while back

 

Tillysocute:

 

If you've had a recent claim its best to ring and check if a RR is appropriate since the two online processes have no way of establishing if you have claimed before. They will therefore treat you as if you have never been in touch with the department in the past.

[ErikaPNP]

private hudson is absolutley right, it has changed to 26 weeks

My apologies, Tillysocute.

[Simon7685]

Please make sure you tell HMRC straight away or you could end up having to repay tax credits. I speak from experience, I claimed Incapacity and got Income support in 2006. They only paid me £16 a week because of the WTC I received, I thought this was okay as I still only had the same amount of money. The following year I found I had to repay all the tax credits, 7 months worth at nearly £77 a week!!!!! Nice.

[Tillysocute]

Thankyou for all replies i will ring dwp today and wtc although it may take more than a few hours to get through the the latter