Can I Claim JSA??

Indie_Kid

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

30 miles to work is not much of a distance - I think you're very likely to get a sanction if you make yourself unemployed.

With JSA, you're expected to travel for up to one hour. Depending on access to transport, this could be 30 miles.

HappyMJ

sh1305 wrote: »

With JSA, you're expected to travel for up to one hour. Depending on access to transport, this could be 30 miles.

Which is the 1 reason I do not mention I have a car. If the OP loses the car as sounds likely at the end of the month it would take a lot longer than 1 hour by bus. Leaving a job you've for quite some time complaining about transport costs will not be looked upon favourably. If it was a job that was for a week and you quit due to high transport costs then it will be considered.

I'd just like to add that my last full time job was also 30 miles away. It took 45 minutes to drive to/from and cost about £10 per day in fuel. When I lost the car I took public transport (taxi's and trains) and that took 1 hour 20 mins and cost £21 per day. I could have caught the bus for less at £2.25 per day (monthly season ticket) but it would have taken in excess of 2 hours 30 mins. During discussions with the Jobcentre they only expect travel by bus especially for a minimum wage position. Although I am more than willing to jump on the train to go to another town it needs to pay more than minimum wages to be able to cover the train fare and Jobcentre has agreed with me every time we looked through the list of jobs on offer.

JipMeg101

hi, thanks for the replies.

My issue is not that i mind travelling to work but my wife is now on SMP and she covered the cost of the car. Her salary will no longer cover this and so we have no choice to get rid of the car. I cant get to my job on public transport as there is no train station anywhere near me and as i work shifts it is impossible to get a bus. (they do not run early enough) I have asked at work to be swapped shifts to a day shift but they cant do this. It is not really a choice to leave work but i simply can't get there. What i really need to know is if this would be considered just cause. P.S i work for an agency and dont actually have a contract to give up.

HappyMJ

If you work for an agency when does the temporary contract expire? A valid reason for leaving a job is because it's the end of the contract and not being renewed. You can just ask the agency not to renew it.

Oldernotwiser

dookar wrote: »

You said the Op could afford less on JSA than they can whilst working. That's irrelevant to the question at hand

OK, with you now.

I don't see it as irrelevant. If you can't afford travel costs for a moderate commute of 30 miles, how are you going to manage with far less money on JSA, even less if you're sanctioned?

It seems to me to be the crux of the matter.

dookar

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

OK, with you now.

I don't see it as irrelevant. If you can't afford travel costs for a moderate commute of 30 miles, how are you going to manage with far less money on JSA, even less if you're sanctioned?

It seems to me to be the crux of the matter.

The question is 'are my circumstances sufficient to demonstrate just cause' not 'will I be in a worse financial position if I quit'

Sixer

paddedjohn wrote: »

Buy a little scooter, its not much fun in the bad weather but believe me its cheap, about £75 insurance,£15 tax and around 80/100 mpg.

Sympathies, OP.

The above suggestion would seem to be your best bet. It's not an ideal solution, but it is a solution. Perhaps you could take it up on a temporary basis and start applying for jobs closer to home?

paddedjohn

Instead of thinking of reasons why you cant get to work, start looking at ways that you can. I work 25miles from home, work permanent nights and travel by scooter come rain or shine, because ive got to.
Where i live there is a scheme whereby people taking jobs further than 15 miles away can lease a scooter for as little as £7 per week inc insurance, check if there is one in your area (its normally only for people coming off benefits but they may help as it will stop you going on them)

JipMeg101

OK it seems to me that I need to clear a couple of things up,

I'm sort of getting the feeling that a few people who have replied seem to jumping to conclusions here, can I just clear up that I don't want to give up my job - I'm 33 and have been employed continously since I left school at 16 - except for 3 weeks 2 years ago when the company i worked for went out of business, I am not the sort of person to live off the state, like so many in this country nowadays, hence the reason I travel 60 miles round trip to a minimum wage job because it's all I could find, I find it insulting to be told to 'man up and pay for it' since the government and taxpayers are not paying a thing towards the cost of our daughter, my wife has also worked continously since leaving school and she is 28, so flippant remarks like that do not help our situation, and perhaps if nothing constructive can be said perhaps nothing should be said, I apologise if this reply seems a bit 'full on' but this is quite a stressful time for my wife and I and we need all the help and advice we can get,

On the subject of looking for work, I am actively looking for work closer to home and am willing to do anything, at the moment I'm waiting to hear back from a handful of positions, but until they come back with a reply what can i do?

Paddedjohn could i ask where you live?

paddedjohn

Hi jipmeg, i live in wirral. Just to add to my earlier post, i have my own scooter but i know of a couple of people on the lease scheme