Resigning from job

kaplah · 27-10-2011 10:58pm #1

Please advise me. Due to an incident at work I have been suspended on full pay pending an investigation. The results of this investigation will end in me being dismissed or having my otherwise impeccable record permanently marked. My union rep has advised that if I tender my resignation immediately he can get the company to drop proceedings and furnish me with a good reference. I am for this option but if I go this line will I be able to claim benefits? I will only need benefits for the short term as I will be in employment within the next few weeks again.

Victor · 27-10-2011 11:26pm

Assuming the disciplinary action is genuine (not a means of making you redundant or your manager is being malicious), then there is a period of a few months where you won't be entitled to anything.

dudara · 28-10-2011 11:18am

The following is taken from Citizen's Information

Loss of employment
You must have suffered a substantial loss of employment in any period of six consecutive days to be eligible for Jobseeker's Benefit. This means that you must have lost at least one day's employment and as a result of this loss be unemployed for at least 3 days out of 6 days. Your earnings must also have been reduced because of the loss of employment. You may be disqualified from getting Jobseeker's Benefit for 9 weeks if you:

•Left work voluntarily and without a reasonable cause
•Lost your job through misconduct
•Refused an offer of suitable alternative employment or suitable training
•Are aged under 55 and get a redundancy payment of more than €50,000. The exact length of your disqualification (up to nine weeks) will depend on the amount of redundancy payment you received - see below.

kaplah · 28-10-2011 11:35am

Thanks for the info guys. Not looking good for me so. Hopefully with the good reference I'll get a new job soon otherwise i'll be pretty stuck for cash

mp22 · 28-10-2011 4:33pm

Best of luck
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