Day 26 - Question about Jobseekers Allowance etc

I was approached by someone wanting to join my team as a rep, two different people actually, who were concerned about how working for AVON would affect their Jobseeker's Allowances.

The official answer is this, that you should declare all of your earnings that you have - it is NOT the responsibility of AVON to deal with your Tax or Jobseekers affairs.

---------------------------------------------------------------------- WOW - I've had such a good response to this question I thought I should post some of the answers from other AVON members and reps who participate in AVON Connects so that you can read all of their advice for yourself...

"You are allowed to earn up to £90/ week whilst on job support. They need to check for themselves."

"- that is wrong its only £5. A week max. Probably best to check yourself. "

"I have a rep who works 1 hour x 5 per week. So if thats minimum wage = £25-30 a week - still needs to be declared though. "

"You do need to declare it to hrmc not matter how much is earned per year"

"I asked someone at the job center as i was asked this question and the lady i spoke to said it very much depends on their curcumastances as many people on JSA have other benifits too. She did say that some people will be entitled to continue claiming JSA or another benifit but my loose out on their other benifits. Her advice to me was ask anyone interested to ask their contact at the job center or tax office and they will assess them on an individual basis. "

"Every person's situation is different and it is up to the applying rep to find out what theirs is. You cannot do it for them. xx "

"i found this out for myself when i first started - direct from the Job Center who guided me in the right direction to get the answer, back then i did 16 hours work with avon and still claimed jsa, which i got the full amount. but after being hassled into going to pertemps every week to help me find work i decided enough was enough and upped my hours to 30 so i was classed as full time and now i get working tax credit. "

""It is £20 per week maximum - though you should check yourself. I have had a rep declare hers however she is getting more than her job seekers so she is sticking to avon!
Depending on their age though there are other benefits that reps may be entitled to so I always advise my reps to go to the CAB after 3 campaigns as the benefits agency allow a grace period. (I re started avon in october and was given a grace period until december however I am on a different benefit!)
But yeah the CAB is better to go to because you can go annonymously (sorry if spelt wrong) and they will give you partial advice.
They will also have to declare it with tax but again they won't have to send out any forms etc until the reach a certain threshold which is again different for peple depenging on how much they get on benefits.
Aslong as your reps do it within first 3 months (information is on direct gov website) they are absolutly fine :) "

"...your income from Avon must be declared to HMRC regardless of which benefits you are on or any thresholds. xx "