Please Help me.

JonnieHACK

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mumslave

Dont quit. Any job is better than no job, especially in todays climate. Hang on in there and apply for any job going, before handing in notice. I am not certain, but I dont think you can get much at all, when you leave your job of your own accord, certainly not Job Seekers.

Voyager2002

If you choose to leave a job, the JSA people are likely to sanction you. That means that they don't give you any money for up to six months.

A far better strategy would be to contact your union or ACAS and attempt to claim the sick leave and holiday pay that the employer is legally obliged to give you. Even if this were to backfire, the worst the employer could do would be to make you redundant, in which case you might well be able to claim contributions-based JSA for six months.

DX2

JonnieHACK wrote: »

I know I should 'happy' to have a job but I seriously HATE mine. And I want to throw in the towel. I dont get any sick pay entitlement and am currently going to work very ill as I cant afford to loose any money (the job is poorly paid) now they are telling us we will force us to loose holiday entitlement.

I have one 2 year old daughter.

I havent claimed anything in YEARS so would like to know what I would be entitled to claim after I've worked my notice and am effectively 'unemployed'

Any help greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Should prob mention after I quit the houshold income will be around £9k p.a unless my partner can go full time then it will be £14k p.a

Throwing in the towel may well cost you 26 weeks without money, then after 26 weeks you may be entitled to JSA (jobseekers allowance)

JonnieHACK

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Voyager2002

JonnieHACK wrote: »

I get SSP. Which basically means for the first 3 days I get docked £60 per day, after that they pay me a pityfull amount which doesnt cover anything.

We dont have a "union" as such as only one attempt has been made by a union to get members from our company and that was met with "anyone who signs up to the union will get sacked" by the managers/M.D.

The company is constntly taking the p*** by lowering everything and making it more and more difficult to actually get what we signed up for. I cant take the stress any more. :mad:

I'll keep looking.

What a disgraceful employer!

The right to union membership is widely recognised as a human right, and is guaranteed by European Law (and so by law throughout the UK).

Anyway, that's your solution. Join a union, get sacked, and then ask the union to help you to take the employer to a tribunal. You would be awarded hefty compensation, quite rightly. And in that situation there would be no question of being sanctioned for JSA.

bestpud

Do you receive tax credits at present?

As long as your partner works at least 16 hours a week, you would be able to claim working tax credit if you stopped working. There would be no sanction on that and you'd almost certainly get more than you do now.

You can check on www.entitledto.com to see how much you would receive.

But you would likely be unable to claim CB JSA without a sanction, as said, assuming you would be entitled to it anyway. If you were only entitled to IB JSA your partners income would mean mean you couldn't receive anything, sanction or not.

If you did not sign on and your partner is receiving the child benefit, you would not be covered for NI contributions either.

JonnieHACK

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debtfreenewbie

My husband is in a similar position and has been told by the doc to leave or risk having a heart attack or breakdown.
It is really hard to make the decision to leave but sometimes there are choices and there are more than one firm in this country.
I wish you luck in whatever you decide to do. I would consider getting some proper advice first as you may be entitled to a little help while you are off.

dookar

You may be able to claim IS as a top up to your SSP if you are unable to work.

But they're not really doing anything wrong regarding the sick pay.

Regarding the union membership:

34121 All employees have the right not to have any action taken against them by their
employer to
1. stop or deter them from being or trying to become a member of an
independent trade union, or punish them for doing so

bigbill

dookar wrote: »

You may be able to claim IS as a top up to your SSP if you are unable to work.

Income Support with £9,000 income and a working partner, dont think so!