jsa sanction

Evilm

Lith wrote: »

What is this 'back to work' thing?

The Back to Work meeting is a meeting where they go through the basics of jobsearching and officially check if anyone needs any courses/help. Unless you need very basic computer skills they will most likely say they haven't got any funding for you though.

It happens about 6-9 weeks in if I remember correctly.

Dunroamin

kaylaf wrote: »

u don't know anything about it

Well, I do actually, which is why I'm telling you that it doesn't work like that.

If all your benefits have stopped, there must be more going on than a JSA sanction for missing an appointment.

micflair_2

OP: Your both on joint JSA you say. Well when your OH was sick why did you not ring them to say he would not be able to make his appointment?

Im sorry but for 2 people both with no jobs between yourselves you will have plenty of time on your hands, more than enough to keep track of each others appointments and to be able to make a phone call.

FBaby

How can you consider that having failed to attend at an appointment be a good excuse? It is actually a very good reason to stop payments. If your partner has issues with organisation skills, than surely this is something you should be dealing with. Neither of you have a job yet you can't even manage to organise your life to be sure to attend the ONES important times that you need to make sure to NEVER fail to attend.

I think you need to learn from this and talk to your partner about how to sort out such matters between yourself. Don't blame anyone else for your failure as a couple.

micflair_2

FBaby wrote: »

How can you consider that having failed to attend at an appointment be a good excuse? It is actually a very good reason to stop payments. If your partner has issues with organisation skills, than surely this is something you should be dealing with. Neither of you have a job yet you can't even manage to organise your life to be sure to attend the ONES important times that you need to make sure to NEVER fail to attend.

I think you need to learn from this and talk to your partner about how to sort out such matters between yourself. Don't blame anyone else for your failure as a couple.

Exactly this.

2 people both with no jobs, moaning because they missed an appointment so they lose there benefits. Only 2 people to blame there..

Angelicdevil

micflair wrote: »

Exactly this.

2 people both with no jobs, moaning because they missed an appointment so they lose there benefits. Only 2 people to blame there..

Seconded!

CTC is seperate to JSA, this is standard for anyone - job or no job, therefore should not be suspended.

If you can't feed yourselves for £20.30 a week then your partner needs to get a job and start looking after his family.

MrChandlerBing

kaylaf wrote: »

yea he phoned them up they put him through to his advisor and he told her that she did not give him a letter with the time and date on and they know hes not got very good memory coz its down on his files thats why he gets dla and she said well u was due in at 12 and this was at 1 so she told him to go there straight away so he did and she said it will have to go to a decision maker and they said they will stop it for 2 weeks but she always gives him a letter with a time and date on and this one time she did not and the reason he called at that time is normally his appointments are like 3 half 3

I guess the world owes you two a living. Learn to write then try applying for some jobs.

evanjonesaber

kell.b wrote: »

Unfortunately they will stop you're money for the tiniest thing.

I lost two weeks money once because I forgot my appointment. Yes, daft and my own fault, but what had happened was they changed my signing day by one day (this was done with everyone at my local office) and I genuienly forgot and turned up the day after on my original signing day and time.

What really bugged me though is it was the one and only time I've done that but they take no excuses. Even the lady I spoke to at the Jobcentre said they should have a system that if you aren't there to sign on they should ring you but they do this for the first time only.

Everyone is in the same boat if you don't turn up, you don't get paid, harsh but that's the system.

It's not 'harsh' though is it! If I don't turn up to work, I don't get paid.

So if people signing on don't bother turning up, then they shouldn't get paid either!

Simple really.

marybelle01

kaylaf wrote: »

that was not to you it was to the person that said about u don't get dla for poor memory u was helpful that person was not i am going tomorrow but they will still say the same coz to get a hardship payment you have to be sanction for 15 weeks not 14 as they said

Well if you tried typing in English, with a few stabs at grammar such as capital letters and full stops, it might just be easier for people to read what you are saying. And then if you tried telling people the actual facts instead of what you think they need to know, you might even get the answer you want. Calling everybody else stupid and unhelpful when they are being neither does not actually boost your own intellect, you know. People are trying to help you, and you are being obnoxious.

Evilm

Just a thought: Every time I had a non-usual appointment I had to sign one of their cards telling me they'd advised me of the date and given me a letter.

Does he remember signing for it? (Does his record show he signed for it if he can't remember?)