Giving up work what am I entitled to?

Helen224488

I am a single parent to 18yr old & 9yr old. I changed jobs 6 months ago & I absolutely hate it. I don't want to give up my job without finding another but I have had a few interviews with no luck.

I curently work 30 hrs a week term time only and earn £11333 p.a actual salary. I presently get W.T.C, C.T.C, help towards childcare & a small amount towards rent & council tax.

If I were to give up work what would I be entitled to? Could I claim job seekers or would I have to wait 6 weeks. I am hoping to get another job really quickly but if I don't, I need to know I can pay my household bills & survive. My 18yr old finished his A levels didn't get into uni & is job searching & just started claiming job seekers.

I don't receive any child support payments.

I know I shouldn't give a job up but it really is making me ill. I suffer from I.B.S and the stress is making me have severe pain & diahreaoh (sorry can't spell) on a daily basis.

I am not work shy & have always worked but just can't bare to go in each day.

Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks.

karenx

If you give up work voluntarily you could be sanctioned from claiming JSA for upto 26 weeks. Your best trying to get another job first

Helen224488

Really, 26 weeks, wow, I didn't know that. I really don't want to give up work due to illness & stress etc. as I don't want it to look bad for my next job. Suppose i'm gonna have to just stick it out until I can find another job, it's so hard to get a job these days.

I feel like crying now, have had diarheoah all afternoon/evening.:(

mouseymousey99

Is it worth trying to resolve it at work? Do you have anyone you can talk to about the problems (HR dept?), rather than go on feeling like this?

Helen224488

Not really but thanks.

thefishdude

ther is contributions based job seekers that lasts for 6 months providing you have pain enough in over last few years ie tax and ni etc. how ever i do believe you still have to give a good reason as to why you quit.

i know i got it last year after quitting my job but i couldnt afford to run my house so i moved in with my gf who lived 200 miles away so couldnt keep my job they accpeted that as a reason.

Arg

karenx wrote: »

If you give up work voluntarily you could be sanctioned from claiming JSA for upto 26 weeks. Your best trying to get another job first

What about her sickness?

[Deleted User]

you can be sanctioned for JSA from 1 week upto (thats the key word)26 weeks,if you can prove you had a good reason for doing so you might not be sanctioned,but i have to say its usually easier to get a new job whilst employed
good luck

chris1973

What about her sickness?

Don't want to sound heartless, but I was diagnosed with IBS at 16 (it appeared during exam stress), and i've had it ever since (I'm now 38). Throughout that time i've managed to hold down a full time Job, part of which involves a lot of driving. Other than feeling various degrees of nauseous and cramps every morning and having all of the loo's programmed into the Sat Nav i've managed to lead a relatively normal life, and earn a living.

I'm not diluting the seriousness of the symptoms, after all I was once, wrongly diagnosed with appendicitis due to the pain of it during a more serious bout, and even though i'm a bloke i'll freely admit to wriggling around the floor or doubled up on the bed in tears of pain on occasion. As anybody with a diagnosis of bouts of bad IBS will identify.

My Doctor tells me, that IBS is actually now a common complaint, perhaps a sign of the everyday stresses on society in general. However, even during very bad bouts, he's never advised me to give up work and tells me to keep active, as sitting around all day not taking excercise and avoiding things is actually worse than just getting on with it. Nobody can avoid stresses in life, and if its no due to employment it will just come from something else, so its better to get help in learning to manage it, and learning to look after yourself - if you tell your doctor how you feel this will usually be offered to you FOC, and I found it a great help, you may also find that it gives you more confidence to look for something else.

According to the NHS website, one in ten people in the UK suffer with some form of IBS, I wonder what would happen to the benefits system if they all jacked their job in tomorrow?

With due respect, advising the OP just to give up, wrap herself in cotton wool, leading a life of avoidance and retire into her shell, isn't really going to help her a lot, for what is just one stumbling block in her working career.

Darlyd

OP your obviously distressed, you need to think of yourself here, never mind what other people say, they are not distressed within their work setting. Have you any holidays you could take? Can you be sick for a couple of weeks? All so you can really put your head into searching for a new job. Have you tried google for jobs? I really understand how frustrating/upsetting this may be, I have been there and am still here now, But I am slowly leaving that job and going to my other one full time, just waiting for hours/calls to be sorted.

Hope it all works out for you. x

MamaMoo_2

Chances are you'd be sanctioned for up to 26 weeks, and (I believe) you can't claim HB & CTC while sanctioned.
You'd still get CTC & CB for your youngest child.