Leaving A Permanent Job To A Temporary One

[Azzza72]

Hi

 

I presently have a fulltime job, but I wish to leave as the amount of stress has been making me ill, consequently I am now off sick. The job has changed greatly and more and more workload is being added all the time. I have had a meeting with my line manager, but they are not willing to change anything, so I know that the job won't get any better.

 

I have been offered the possibility of working a temporary job for the run up to Christmas. It's a job that I did when I was at university, so I know what it will entail, but it will definitely end at Christmas.

 

I would be willing to work my notice with the permanent job as well as working the temporary job, due to shifts, but after the Christmas period I would be unemployed, though I would be actively hunting another job, even if it's another temporary position.

 

My concern is, would I be able to sign on and receive JSA, as my last job would have been a temporary one that ran its course, but I had left a permanent job for it? Obviously I wouldn't be intending to be receiving JSA for long, but you cannot be certain of how long it would take to get the next job.

[flumps1976]

As long as you were definitely offered the temporary contract and acceoted it then your full time permanat job would not be looked at if you then needed to make a claim for JSA. However if you left the job and temporary job didn't happen then yes the reasons would be considered and you may face a sanction.

[Azzza72]

Thankyou, I am now working at the new job. There is a possibility that it may get extended, but that is far from certain, however I do feel much better after leaving my former job and I am still in contact with several people that still work there and if anything it sounds as though the conditions there have gotten worse.