Benefits for migrants from the new EU countries
9.30am to 1.00pm
Date
Thursday 13 November 2008
Background
Following the enlargement of the EU, new communities from countries such as Poland, Czech Republic and Romania are establishing themselves in Salford. They face complex rules and restrictions governing their benefit and tax credit entitlements. This course is aimed at helping you to advise migrant workers on what they can claim whilst working and how entitlements are affected if work ends.
Aims
- To provide an overview of the benefit and tax credit entitlements for EU migrant workers and their families
- To enable you to identify who is entitled to claim and how this is affected as circumstances change
Contents
- Workers registration scheme and the authorised work scheme
- National insurance numbers
- Jobseeker’s allowance and income support
- In work benefits
- Family benefits
- Sickness and disability benefits
Suitable for
Support staff and advisers who have a working knowledge of the benefits system.
What participants said last year
“Very successful – summarised a very complex topic into easy to understand language – handout very useful to take away”
“I had no previous knowledge in this area and found the course very helpful”
“Having the right to reside benefits checklist for easy reference is very useful”
This page was last updated on 16 July 2008
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