Left Only Job And Not Starting A New Job (Info)

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Note: Before making any changes, you must follow the guidance in Establish If A Change Can Be Made

The claimant may inform you that they have left their only job and are not starting a new job. This applies for employed and self-employed jobs where all changes have occurred before today’s date.

If WTC entitlement ends due to employment changes, the claimant may be entitled to IS, income based JSA or income-related ESA. They will continue to receive WTC for 4 weeks starting from the day after entitlement ended. The claimant will receive a letter explaining this

Note: Claimants serving a prison sentence are not treated as being in remunerative work and so this will not apply to them

Where the claimant has reported this work change, you must establish if they are now in receipt of IS, income based JSA, income-related ESA or PC (formerly known as MIG) and update their claim accordingly

Note: You must obtain confirmation from the claimant that their JSA is either income or contribution based. If their benefit is ESA, you must confirm if it is either income-related or contributions based

Any change of circumstances, you make must be applied, one at a time. Where the claimant has informed you of several changes that have occurred at different times, apply the changes in sequence, starting with the oldest change first.

A tax credit claimant who does not have a NINO may be allocated a Temporary Tax Credit Reference (TTCR) to allow their tax credits claim to be processed.

Where there is a 50+ Start Date signal present, let the signal continue. Do not enter a 50+ End Date, until further notice.