Benefit advice

[confusedasusual]

Right ill try to keep this brief instead of writing an essay.

 

My husband was working for a company doing pat testing, he worked all over the uk and did normally 50+ hours a week and had to stay away from home sometimes. He applied for another job as a maintance manager 12 miles away from where we live and although he didnt get it they offered him a maintance assistant job. He was told it was £6 an hour for 39 hours a week paid monthly. He accepted it even tho we knew we were going to loose out on money as his other job was £7 an hour. He took this new job because his old boss was a bit of a twit (putting it nicely) and my husband hated working there.

Now he started his new job last monday to be told that the pay was weekly and £5.80 by the other staff and the maintance manager confirmed this. The general manager is off as his dad has died so cant get hold of him. Now i know he should have got it all in writing about it being £6 an hour and paid monthly but he didnt so nothing we can do about it.

Anyway i wondered where he would stand if he left regarding benefits.

You see the problem is with the job he has once he has paid tax and nat.insurance (going off £5.80 an hour) we would not have enough money to cover our bills never mind feed and clothe our 2 children (2 years and 5 months old). We get working and child tax credit but even with these it still doesnt cover it. But if he was claiming job seekers we would get out council tax and rent paid for.

 

Please no one start about him being lazy or whatever for wanting to leave his job, he is a very hard working man. He has worked since he left college at 17 and has always had a job. He doesnt have many qualifications but he does hold a digger license but no one wants to take him on as he is only 26 and doesnt have years and years of experience of working on somewhere like a building site for example.

 

We toyed with the idea of me going out to work and him staying at home but i have not worked for nearly 3 years now. I was in my final year of a nursing diploma when i fell pregnant with my eldest at the age of 26, i was very poorly and had to end my university course. No one now seems to want to take me on as i have been out of work.

 

Just looking for some advice.

 

Thanks

[ErikaPNP]

If he left his job JSA could sanction his benefit for up to 26 weeks. They can do this where a person has voluntarily left employment. It is not something they will definately do, but is something that they do in most cases where a person has left their job without what JSA determine as "good cause". Is this a risk that your family could take, as you would need to consider how you would support yourself in absence of the JSA payment. Hardship can be claimed, but there is no guarantee that this would be awarded.

[paulb1310]

Agree with Erika. Have you had a benefit check to see if anything changes with the reduction in income? You maay get a little more tax credits, you may not and the same applies for housing benefit. Always worth checking.

[Mydogsawestie]

have you had a look on the Entitled to website to see what else you could claim for?

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