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Can anyone help me, i have walked out of my job recently, and don't know if i can claim any benefits.

montyrebel

you may have restricitons put on your job seekers allowance for upto 6 months if you attempt to claim that, not sure of any other benefits though

it will also depend on why you walked out of your job

HoneyBunny960

Your barred for 26 weeks before you can make a claim, I'm not sure about housing benefits etc.

t0rt0ise

It depends why you left. I left my last job because the job changed and I wasn't sanctioned at all.

Torry_Quine

HoneyBunny960 wrote: »

Your barred for 26 weeks before you can make a claim, I'm not sure about housing benefits etc.

That's not true. You can be sanctioned for up to 26 weeks but it's rarely that long.

What the OP should do is apply for JSA, then will be asked why they left the previous job and the ex-employer will be contacted to get their side of what happened. A decision maker then decides if JSA will be sanctioned and for how long. Until the decision it will be paid.

Emuchops

Once the sanction has elapsed, if you are on contribution based JSA would you still get your full 6 months pay or would you just get it for the period remaining of the six months ie is the sanction just a delay, or does it erode the period of entitlement? thanks

Torry_Quine

Emuchops wrote: »

Once the sanction has elapsed, if you are on contribution based JSA would you still get your full 6 months pay or would you just get it for the period remaining of the six months ie is the sanction just a delay, or does it erode the period of entitlement? thanks

You get it for the period remaining. For example if you'd had two months and then were sanctioned for one month you would have a further three months of JSA. The date your entitlement finishes doesn't change.