HELP!!

Hi Sariz

what about you looking for a job - temp xmas one perhaps, i think you'd have to be on a contract for 16 hours to get WTC but you'd probably be better off than neither of you working :-/
i know you're in Sheffield (cos you're near me i'm in Doncaster) there were loads of ads in meadowhall few weeks ago asking for temp xmas staff - or maybe other half could look into this instead. :-/

good luck :-*

can't think of anything else on job front but re xmas have you looked at the virtually free stocking fillers on the shop don't drop board for some pressie ideas for your kids?

Good luck Sairz

Hope he gets IB Sairz, make sure he makes situation clear to the employer and DWP though (as in my previous post). Good Luck!

dont believe he will be able to sign on whilst he looks for employment as he hasnt been sacked

I'd say, never assume a sanction. If he's available for work, put the claim in anyway. I know the process is a pain in the butt, and it might seem pointless if you think you won't get any money out of it - but it's not.

How long was he in the job? How long was he unemployed before he started it? He might get away without sanction under the "Employment on Trial" rules.

he told them about how he had left his previous 9 year job after his doctor advised him to due to stress she told him to try and work somewhere else as this might be the problem anyway after taking his doctors advice and ending up in an even worse job that has made the situation worse

Ah. If your doctor thinks you're too stressed out to hack your current job - then they should give you a sick note. It's called the "Own Occupancy Test". They shouldn't expect you to get a job elsewhere until you've been off sick for at least 28 weeks - because that's the way that the sickness benefit system works.

There's a possibility that you might be able to make a claim for "clinical negligence" against your doctor, for giving misguided advice that caused even more stress - though I don't want to raise your hopes. Pre-action protocols exist for clinical negligence claims, and your best bet is to speak to a CLS-funded solicitor that specialises in personal injury.

so cab have told him to make an appointment with the doc and she should sign him on sick and hopefully then he will be able to claim incapacity benefit

Indeed - since he hasn't been sacked or officially left, he might even be able to get Statutory Sick Pay from his most recent employer. This will be slightly more money than Incapacity Benefit.

I think that the employer has to give a reference, the minimum being something like the fact that he worked there from a to b, I don't think they are allowed to give a bad reference - this needs checking too.

Not sure about that. I was blown out from temping for Reed Employment Agency within the past few years, on the grounds that I apparently had a bad reference. I asked for more information about this reference, but they said they couldn't provide it for "confidentiality reasons". Perhaps they were bluffing. I hate to sound patronising, but references are less of a problem if you've been doing voluntary work or evening classes.

In my experience, I find that working for big institutions and multi-national companies is generally better than working for small businesses. That's because small businesses tend to take a conservative attitude. They think they're God's gift to the community, and consider themselves charitable for having given you the job in the first place. You tend not to get this problem with bigger businesses. Big employers give you better job security, better career prospects, better social life, better union representation, and better staff discounts at local stores.

Most of the jobs advertised in the Jobcentre and the local paper will be with small businesses. You can get jobs in big companies by applying to them directly - which is why they don't need to advertise in the paper or at the jobcentre.