jsa - voluntarily quit job

Hi missvicky, i think the first few pages of this will explain:

http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/jsasanctions.pdf

"There are no hard and fast rules for Decision Makers to apply when making ‘just cause’ decisions because the reasons for people leaving work are so varied. The guidance gives examples that can help
the Decision Maker think more clearly about whether just cause for leaving a job was shown, for example:


• The claimant must show they were not irresponsible in leaving work;
• There must generally have been some effort made to find another job
before leaving;
• You must show that it was responsible for you to leave work;
• If the general public knew what the Decision Maker knows about the case,
would they think leaving work was the reasonable thing to do?
• The guidance says that urgent employment or family problems may be just cause, but the Decision Maker will need to see evidence that leaving the job was the only option. Leaving work because another job was offered but then fell through might count, for instance.

The level of pay does not count as just cause, except for not getting the national minimum wage, which will – but only if attempts were made to persuade the employer to pay it and s/he refused. The following would
probably count as just cause for leaving a job:

• Disability, racial or sexual harassment, or
• Being harassed for enforcing a statutory right, such as the national
minimum wage. "