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Am I eligible to claim Job Seeker's Allowance if I quit my job?
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I am really stressed in my job. I have been looking for a new job for some time but have had no luck so far. I really don't feel that I can continue where I am but am worried that I won't be able to claim any Job Seeker's Allowance if I have chosen to leave full time employment. Can you help?
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Partly correct, Johnnyboy. Generally you won't get it straight away, as you say, if you leave of your own accord. But it's not always the case that you get it straightaway if you are dismissed- it depends on the reason for dismissal (eg if for gross misconduct then payment may be deferred) and for Contribution Based JSA it depends on whether you have paid sufficient NI contributions
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Actually I disagree with all of you regarding JSA, a friend of mine did it, he walked out if his job cos he really had enough and he signed on straight away and didn't have to wait full 6 weeks. I think it could depend on your personal circumstances, type if work & amount of pay. My friend was a temp he walked out on it.
However, if you are stressed, then try to get off as sick like what everyone else is saying.
However, if you are stressed, then try to get off as sick like what everyone else is saying.
This question comes up now and again and folk keep giving wrong advice. If folk leave a job without what is called just cause (a good enough reason) then Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) can be sanctioned (stopped) for up to twenty-six weeks. If you claim JSA, you will be asked to complete a form giving your reasons for leaving and the steps taken to find other employment BEFORE you left. In the past, the folk making the decisions about the sanctions would have written to ask for more info but now the tendency is to look at the information provided initially. It's important that you give as much information as possible even if it means putting it on several sheets of paper. If your doctor advised you to leave it would be helpful if that is confirmed in writing. You should say how exactly the job affected you, what you did to let your line manager know about this, what other jobs you had applied for and when. All this will be taken into account before a decision is made.
With regards to those who have suggested you lie, you run the risk of the Decision Maker checking with the former employer and if it is discovered to be false then your whole statement may be in doubt and a longer sanction may be imposed as a result.
With regards to those who have suggested you lie, you run the risk of the Decision Maker checking with the former employer and if it is discovered to be false then your whole statement may be in doubt and a longer sanction may be imposed as a result.
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bushbaby, are you sure the benefit wasn't stopped for six months once the claim was made? Any gap between a job ending voluntarily and the claim for JSA being made is deducted from any sanction period. As the maximum period is twenty-six weeks, if there's a twenty-six week gap, there will be no sanction at all. It may be that someone has misundestood and telt yir sister to wait six months before claiming so that there would be no sanction action taken.
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