HELP Can I quit my job on JSA???

chillin_nutta

I need some advice,and I'm really sorry if this isn't in the right place, but i'm at my wits end and never felt like this about a job in my life before.


I started work in a very tiny area a little under a year ago... and things haven't been good for a while, even management kinda stick up for there own. I just don't fit in and Its starting to affect my personal life and health as well as my work life. I love working don't get me wrong - but I dread work now, I think about it all the time *(and not in a good way) i dread going to bed i dread waking up - i sit wishing the hours away when i'm there and when i'm not there i'm wishing the hours back so i don't have to go again...

I have nothing in common with the others i'm sitting in a job that just doesn't make me happy! I'd go as far as saying I feel a little bullied - but very sneaky kinda psychological! if you know what I mean - i'm forever questioning my ability now, when i know i can do my job. I've always been very confident in my work and never had any issues until I started here!

I've never quit a job but things have come to a head when the management say i'm imagining the sniggers behind my back the constant comments and silly things said to me, before having a go themselves. I do this job part time and claim JSA on a joint account with my husband who also works part time. I do less than 9 hours a week, he does 14 or so a week.

I also do the Avon and have just taken on Sales Leadership, which i'm very keen to expand and actually make a go of.

What i'm wondering is would I lose my job seekers allowance if I left my job and took on the 9+ hours with the sales leader, or would our claim be affected?? I just know that If I quit without actually going into my avon as my "other job" then they would have to investigate the allegations and I know for a fact because they are all in each others pockets they would then go on with this imagining it, and that they are not doing any of the things I know they are doing.... and things would be a lot more complicated....could I just quit my other job and just concentrate on my Self-employment (of course i'm still looking for work and have been while i've been working in this other job too - i've been applying for anything and everything) so it's not as if i'm going to sit back and enjoy the benefit - believe me I'd much rather work full time - but unfortunately full time work is far and few between!

Sorry if this makes no sense at all and i'm just wabbling - I just want some advice, i'd hate to give up the job and be in a worse position - i'd just haveto really stick it out until I got a new job if I couldn't....

any help would be very much appreciated and i'm really sorry for the overly long post *and sorry again if it doesn't make much sense - i'm terrible for making sense*

froo_gal

Ask at the JCP next time you sign on about getting the Self-Employment Credit (SEC) which is a relatively new credit to enable people to sign off JSA and become self-employed. It lasts for 16 weeks only and is paid at the rate of £50 / week, so £800 in all, a useful bridge from JSA to getting regular self - employed income.
You may also be eligible for tax credits too, depending on your circumstances.

The SEC doesn't count as income for tax credits or HB and CTB either.

Hope this helps! )