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Been sanctioned

Well I rang the benefits office and got told I have been sanctioned for 2 weeks.


Its a joke, the advisor on the phone told me I can claim Hardship, what's the point in applying? be time hardship is sorted, the sanction will end. :(
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  • mattcanary
    mattcanary Posts: 4,420 Forumite
    gay_guy wrote: »
    Well I rang the benefits office and got told I have been sanctioned for 2 weeks.


    Its a joke, the advisor on the phone told me I can claim Hardship, what's the point in applying? be time hardship is sorted, the sanction will end. :(



    I thought the minimum sanction period was four weeks, nowadays?
  • gay_guy
    gay_guy Posts: 878 Forumite
    mattcanary wrote: »
    I thought the minimum sanction period was four weeks, nowadays?



    So did I, the advisor said 2 weeks I have been sanctioned for.
  • NYM
    NYM Posts: 4,066 Forumite
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    It's your choice to apply for it... so either do or don't.

    From reading your other thread, it appears the option to ensure you didn't get a sanction was also your choice.
  • pmlindyloo
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    gay_guy wrote: »
    So did I, the advisor said 2 weeks I have been sanctioned for.

    Four weeks is the minimum:

    http://www.turn2us.org.uk/information__resources/benefits/working_or_looking_for_work/jobseekers_allowance/jsa_sanctions_-_turn2us.aspx
  • McKneff
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    And why have you been sanctioned?
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • gay_guy
    gay_guy Posts: 878 Forumite
    McKneff wrote: »
    And why have you been sanctioned?



    Read my other posts.
  • RuthnJasper
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    The T-shirt?
  • starrystarry
    starrystarry Posts: 2,481 Forumite
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    No sympathy. Granted, some of the Burnley jobs you couldn't apply for as they required a driving licence/transport but to not apply for jobs because you don't know what the hours will be is just stupid. Apply for the job and if you get an interview you can ask about the hours.

    You deserve this sanction. In fact you've probably deserved several sanctions over the last few months.
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    gay_guy wrote: »
    Read my other posts.


    Nah, don't think I'll bother,


    no, please, thank you, kiss my doings, and you have the nerve to ask for help, I'm off.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • gay_guy
    gay_guy Posts: 878 Forumite
    No sympathy. Granted, some of the Burnley jobs you couldn't apply for as they required a driving licence/transport but to not apply for jobs because you don't know what the hours will be is just stupid. Apply for the job and if you get an interview you can ask about the hours.

    You deserve this sanction. In fact you've probably deserved several sanctions over the last few months.




    Sorry but that statement about hours are not true, I applied for some positions about Jobs without state hours and adviser looked up Jobs where I applied for and some of them doesn't state hours, any way, he told me on Friday, why have I applied for Jobs that doesn't state hours? he said, what if buses don't run during work hours? and I got told by him, I need to be realistic when I am applying for Jobs.


    Believe me or not, that's your choice, that's another reason why he sent my claim to a decision maker as he believes I am not being realistic when applying for Jobs.


    By the way, I don't want sympathy from you as I don't even know you, so couldn't care less.
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