Quitting my job

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Hi,

If I quit my job - would I be entitled to unemployment benefit (I've been working for many years)? Or how does it work?

XsApollo

You can but you have to wait 9 weeks I think.

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Thank you for the reply - didn't think it would be that long - what am I entitled to after that?

TooTired123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121389833#Comment_121389833

That’ll depend on if you meet the conditions for jobseekers.

see here:

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/unemployed-people/rules-for-getting-a-jobseekers-payment/

Peter Flynt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121389732#Comment_121389732

Why do they make you wait 9 weeks?

SteM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121390498#Comment_121390498

I'd imagine it's partially to discourage people from leaving gainful employment and signing on. You don't wait 9 weeks if you're made redundant as far as I know.

Peregrinus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121390498#Comment_121390498

They don't in all circumstances, but they do if you have made yourself unemployed. The 9-week waiting period applies if you leave your job voluntarily and without a reasonable cause, or if you are fired for misconduct.

There's also a waiting period if you are made redundant and get a redundancy payment. The max waiting period in this circumstances is again 9 weeks, but it's on a sliding scale depending on the amount of the redundancy payment. The thinking here, obviously, is that the taxpayer doesn't need to compensate you for being unemployed when your former employer has already compensated you for being unemployed.