Thank you again for taking the time to respond. I think I will be asking for the decisions to be reconsidered. I spent last night typing up all the information, providing dates etc. I have been trying to find out the main reason for the decision as it was made a few days ago and no letter has been received but no one seems to know who processed the decision. I call JCdirect and he told me that he would send an email over to the central decision maker office and get a call back. I got a call back this morning who told me it was the local job centre themselves that enforced the sanction and made the decision. I called my local JC who told me that it was not themselves, so I called JCdirect back who told me it was the central office. Awaiting a call back from the central office again. Also everyone I speak to within the JC seems to have different information on sanctions and applying for hardship. Don't they train staff anymore? No one can tell me when the letter was sent out, which office it was sent out from, when I will receive it or who made the decision.

Yeah that looks like it! I entered which I thought were 3 suitable reasons. One of the reasons I put my was a risk to my health and safety, and was quite a serious allegation so was under the impression my ex employer would be given the right to respond to that. Edit: I brought the health & safety issue up with employer before but went on deaf ears.

Sorry forgot to add. When I spoke to job seekers direct today they told me they always contact employers.

Hi, Many thanks for your response. Not sure the form number but I was asked to fill something in about why I left work. Also I can't seem to find any information online to things they take into consideration.

Hello Forums! I just found out today that I have been sanctioned for 4 months due to leaving my old work voluntarily. I know what many of you may think about me (ungrateful...........) but I was working only 14 hours and was racking up debt such as rent etc. I started a job via the future jobs fund program (2010), complete waste of time personally but that's another thread all together! I was hired for a 25 hr/week for 6 months. During my future jobs fund placement I was told my contract will be extended after the 6 months period. After the 6 months placement completed I was offered a contract for 14 hours. At this point I knew 14 hours was not enough to cover my basic bills such as rent, council tax and power & gas. So I tried making a new claim for JSA over the telephone and was told I would be sanctioned 100% as I was refusing employment being offered to me. OK, fair enough I thought and accepted the 14 hour contract. After a year and half of racking up debt such as rent etc as well as getting no help with housing or council tax benefit, I just gave up! So I quit my job, took a step back in life and moved back in with mum a few months. I was signing on for two months without further information request from myself or my ex employer. I still have a great out of work relationship with my old line manager who confirmed nothing was ever received from JCP. Then today....news of the sanction was given to me while attending to sign! I have not had my letter yet explaining exactly why but should JCP not have investigated this further? Asked for proof of debt, spoke with old employer etc... The only time I got to explain myself was on the back of the claim form where I only put abbreviated details. Did they expect me to keep living in the red? I know I mentioned I recently moved backed in with mum but that was a last resort. My problem is not so much with the sanction itself TBH. Its how it was handled. I know I have did wrong, I did give up a paying job, i was expecting it, but I would have preferred them taking into consideration my financial problems if I kept working as well as the length of time I continued to work at 14 hours. Its not as if I never looked for work or kept asking when my hours would go up. Any help and experiences would be very helpful. This is my first sanction:(

Hello Everyone, I attended a local JCP today and was told that I would be sanctioned if I did not participate. I have only recently started claiming and signed twice. Also mentioned that I would have to give them access or print out all the data from the site to show them. Was also told from next year you would be expected to job hunt for 35 hours a week. Personally I don't think there is any need for this. The direct.gov was redone under Gordon brown I'm sure and I think the current job site would go down better with a few more tweaks. What needs looked at is the stupid job points that think the other end of the country is local:S To answer Surfer01's question if you use the same password as your email address then any website owner can access your emails if they wanted to.