One of the qualifying conditions for a jobseeker's payment is that a person is unemployed for three days out of six (not including Sunday). This means that an enumerator could work up to four days a week, including Sunday, and still receive a jobseeker's payment.
A person on jobseeker's benefit must sign off for any days worked as an enumerator. If a jobseeker's benefit customer carries out his/her duties as an enumerator over three days each week, s/he may be entitled to jobseeker's benefit for the other three days provided all other statutory conditions are satisfied. Customers in receipt of a jobseeker's benefit payment have an entitlement to 234 or 312 days benefit depending on the number of contributions paid. Where a customer signs off for any days worked during the life of the claim, this extends the duration of his or her entitlement to jobseeker's benefit. There are no savings to the Department.
Where a person on jobseeker's allowance carries out his/her duties as an enumerator over three days each week, s/he may be paid a full week's jobseeker's allowance less any earnings means from the days worked, provided all other statutory conditions are satisfied. Statistics are not maintained on the savings to the Department as means can differ in each case.