Leaving a job

beagle001

Hi,I am part time employed working about 20 hours at the moment per week.
It's all night work and a really poor working atmosphere.
I want to leave it as I have a job offer beginning in June and I need time off right now to study for exams.
Trouble is they won't give me the time off even though I requested it in January and they ok'ed it.
Faced with a dilemma if I continue working I will ram the exams and I cannot afford this but there will be about 5 weeks after my exams before I start the new job and I will need to sign on for this this time.I am not sure I can sign on as I will be leaving the job on my own terms but I won't be able to survive those 5 weeks financially without social welfare.
Any advice much appreciated as I have to prioritise my university as it's a blueprint to a better future.

Granger13

You can be disqualifed up to a max of 9 weeks for leaving employment of your own accord. You could be lucky and just get disqualifed for one week, it all depends on the assessment. But in saying that, you could also be waiting up to six weeks to get a discison, if that is the case and your awaiting on a discision you could pop down to your local Community Welfare Officer and apply for the Supplementary Welfare Allowance.

Also to qualify for a unemployement assistant payment you must be geniuely seeking and capable of full-time employment.

beagle001

Thanks for the reply,
I could not afford to be disqualified and I want to be as honest as I can with the social.
A large reason I need to leave the job is that it is a highly stressful environment and I have a history of a scatoma in one eye which is a huge problem when it happens and is a direct result of stress and lack of sleep in young males.
Basically I had an issue with it 2 months ago and had to take 2 weeks off university and work.
Doctor said it was down to the job and I should look for day time hours that don`t put my body under so much stress.
Now I am fearful since they won`t give me the time off I will be under huge pressure during the next 9 weeks and the eye problem will return as has happened in the past on several occasions,if I provide evidence to the social of this problem could this count in my favour when applying for job seekers benefit?

mp22

If you give the social proof of a medical problem they will point you in the direction of illness payments.When you took time off work did you claim illness benefit ?

beagle001

No as I was part time,the job paid me nothing and I just figured it would go away and I would be back to work in a few weeks when it cleared up.
Is illness benefit the same thing as jobs seekers in regards payment?

mp22

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/disability_and_illness/disability_benefit.html

Granger13

beagle001 wrote: »

No as I was part time,the job paid me nothing and I just figured it would go away and I would be back to work in a few weeks when it cleared up.
Is illness benefit the same thing as jobs seekers in regards payment?

If you are ever out of work due to a illness again you can apply for Illness Benefit weather you work full or part time depending on the paid contributions you have since starting in your employment.

This is different from jobseekers as you would be regarded as unfit for work. But you can still seek written permission from the deparment of social welfare to take up part-time work to a max of 20 hours a week or education or training that would be regarded as rehabilitation nataure.

eastbono

OP are you at Uni full time.... if you are you cannot claim any benefit until such time as your course finishes.