UC while on zero hours but want to change jobs

singhini

i think i was given the wrong info by the job centre. i had a JSA (Contribution Based) claim from August to February and then was given form JSANCI to claim just NI credits.

However, based on what people have said on this thread; if my claim finished in February, then surely i should have been told to make another JSA (Contribution Based) claim  --------> since this second claim would now be looking at different tax years compared to the initial claim  --------> does anyone know if that's right?

peteuk

singhini said:

i think i was given the wrong info by the job centre. i had a JSA (Contribution Based) claim from August to February and then was given form JSANCI to claim just NI credits.

However, based on what people have said on this thread; if my claim finished in February, then surely i should have been told to make another JSA (Contribution Based) claim  --------> since this second claim would now be looking at different tax years compared to the initial claim  --------> does anyone know if that's right?

You can claim JSA for up to 182 days (about 6 months). I have tried to find info on then starting a second claim but cant find anything.  I am sure that someone with more knowledge will be able to help. 

NedS

See here for the conditions relating to the number of qualifying weeks of Class 1 NI contributions:

https://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2022-0452/103-New_Style_JSA_only_V3.0.pdf

Note that NI conts for any tax year considered as part of a previous claim will now be deemed to have been used/exhausted*, so cannot be considered/used again as part of any new claim (you can only use those years once to meet the eligibility criteria)

* If any previous claim did not run for the full 26 weeks, there may be a balance of time remaining that can be used.