No UC payment ,help -advice please!

[moody]

Hey,

Looking for some advice, maybe someone has been in the same situation.

I get paid from work every 4 weeks. 13 times a year.

it so happens in march that I got paid twice.

UC have made a nil payment for april as they say I've earnt two wages in march?

which is true but obvs 4 weeks aprt like all my other payments from work, it juist so happens due to pay frequency that they fell in the same month.

now, as I only work p/t and rely on my UC, i'm seriuosly down for the month, just about have my rent and thats it.

Help!

 

[lazythursday]

There's some good advice about this on point 3 of this page: USDAW - Problems with Universal Credit for people in work

 

[moody]

"

If you’re paid weekly, every 2 weeks or every 4 weeks​

Your Universal Credit may be affected if you have more paydays than usual during an assessment period.

How often your payday is	The impact
Every 4 weeks	Once a year, you’ll have an assessment period with 2 paydays

When you get more wages than usual in an assessment period you may get:

• less Universal Credit for that month
• no Universal Credit, because you’re earning enough to no longer claim it

 

[Elpenor]

Not an expert on UC but I think it is an inflexible system and can’t deal with lunar (4 weekly pay periods) as UC works in period of a month

 

[moody]

There's some good advice about this on point 3 of this page: USDAW - Problems with Universal Credit for people in work

thanks. just read it.

looks like I will have to apply for a advance/loan from them to cover the month. the fuckers!

 

[moody]

looks like I don't even qualify for a budgeting loan either...

"
You'll also need to have earned less than £2,600 in the 6 months before your application. This figure is £3,600 if you live with a partner. "

I really am fucked this month.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Presumably it will get balanced out in your next uc payment?

Can you not pay rent this month and pay double rent next month ?

 

[moody]

Presumably it will get balanced out in your next uc payment?

Can you not pay rent this month and pay double rent next month ?

how will it be balanced out?

I'm missing a payement, it's not like they will pay me twice/double next month to make up for this month

 

[moody]

Universal Credit rule change to help those losing out when paid twice in a month

TENS of thousands of people on Universal Credit will benefit from a rule change stopping them losing cash if they’re paid twice in a month. The U-turn is set to help an estimated 85,000 worke…

www.thesun.co.uk

only helps people paid monthly?

 

[Miss-Shelf]

how will it be balanced out?

I'm missing a payement, it's not like they will pay me twice/double next month to make up for this month

Sorry to hear that. My question was based on my out of date experience of tax credits before UC

 

[danny la rouge]

Sorry to hear this moody I know what it’s like being left in a tight spot by the bureaucracy of benefits, as I’m sure many of us do. There’s a few people in here with some expertise and hopefully they’ll be along shortly. But I know that doesn’t help with the dread here and now.

 

[moody]

yeah, I need to go down there on tuesday.

I'll speak with them and hopefully they will be able to come up with something, It's not like I'll be the first person in this situation

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

yeah, I need to go down there on tuesday.

I'll speak with them and hopefully they will be able to come up with something, It's not like I'll be the first person in this situation

no advice and best of luck, if you end up in a tight spot in the meantime yell for help here or via PM

 

[moody]

so I've just got back.

The woman I spoke to couldn't really help me, she didn't really know what to say.

she seemed sympathetic but didn't have any answers.

she said the best she can do is escalate it upto my case manager who she said will contact me by tomorrow.

my parting comment was something like.. 'I thought i would always be better off working?'

 

[MickiQ]

Tbh I think you're just going to end up getting the standard response of well you got more money than the limit so you don't get any cash from us. If you get paid every 4 weeks and the DWP pay UC once a month then you're going to get this next year as well. Can you not ask your employer to pay you monthly rather than 4 weekly?

 

[moody]

Tbh I think you're just going to end up getting the standard response of well you got more money than the limit so you don't get any cash from us. If you get paid every 4 weeks and the DWP pay UC once a month then you're going to get this next year as well. Can you not ask your employer to pay you monthly rather than 4 weekly?

I work for a national retailer. I got as much chance of them changing my pay date as UC actually giving a fuck

 

[danny la rouge]

my parting comment was something like.. 'I thought i would always be better off working?'

Indeed. The hypocrisy (not of the individuals behind the desk but the reality of real-life situations versus the public depiction) is startling. The lesson seems to be that we’re always going to be penalised for having a low income, and vilified for it at the same time.

Know that you’re not alone, though, and people care about and value you.

 

[moody]

well.

I heard back from them, they just messaged me.

No help what so ever, they just told me to contact CAB or the council.

I''ve looked at what I have left for the month and I have managed to sell an old jacket on ebay, so hopefully if there is no problems with the sale I should be able to just scrape through this month

 

[moody]

Also I had some very nice messages and I wanted to say a big thankyou to those who reached out and offered support.

It really means a lot to me.