H/B paid for nil income because of JSA sanction

J.Mckendrick - 21 May 2014 12:35 PM

Client unfortunately gets JSA sanction (forever reason)

Not sure what that is? How long is the sanction and why was he sanctioned.

What’s his work history?

Many thanks for your interest - not too sure the exact details but the general question would be - does a jobseeker with worker status keep his/her worker status if sanctioned (whatever the term and reason) and continues to abide by the JCP’s instructions. Many thanks! JM

The reason, and the length of the sanction, *may* be crucial to loss of HB especially with the new rules.

In general, if the sanction is not so serious as to be fatal, then a worker remains a worker for HB purposes.

An example, if a claimant leaves his job voluntarily he may be sanctioned for 26 to 156 weeks, depending. If that happens it impacts on HB because it *may* mean he does not retain his/her worker status.

I say, *may*, because the fact someone leaves work voluntarily, in itself, doe s not mean the lose the worker status, the material facts will matter.

Kay.

I think that a crucial question would be does he retain limks with the labour market?  A definition of involuntarily unemployment was discussed in CIS/2423/2009.