How to Stop Getting a Job Seeker's Allowance
A job seeker's allowance is a benefit paid to workers who are seeking employment while living in Great Britain. If you have found work, you will need to tell the Job Centre to stop sending this allowance. Stopping this benefit requires only a few simple steps.
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Instructions
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Call the Job Centre to stop getting a job seeker's allowance. They will ask why you are canceling your claim, so be prepared to answer this. The main number for the Job Centre is 0800-055-6688. Use the link in the Resource box below to locate the phone number for your local Job Centre.
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Stop signing your job seeker's allowance checks. This will cause your claim to lapse, and your benefit will be automatically canceled. The Job Centre will contact you to let you know that your job seeker's allowance has stopped. It's best to choose this option if you are prepared for the checks to stop quickly.
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Look in your signing booklet for a slip of paper about stopping your job seeker's allowance. You will be asked why you want to stop getting a job seeker's allowance. Answer this honestly. Sign the slip and either mail it to the Job Centre or bring it to your local Job Centre. See the link in the Resource box to find the nearest location.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure you get your job seeker's allowance canceled in writing, not just over the phone. Save a copy of your signed allowance-rejection slip for your own records. You should receive a letter saying that you will stop getting a job seeker's allowance. Keep that letter for your records.
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I have a question about NI contributions. If in a 12 month period for some reason you miss a weeks contributions, that 12 months is scrapped and does not contribute at all towards your pension. What happens to the rest of the years contributions you have paid? And why should you have to make it up yourself if you have already paid it once? It seems pretty unfair to me. And if this is correct what is the point in working?
