[*mazedsalv**]

I know this was posted a while back, and well done on the job, but this is to anyone considering JSA.....

Do NOT DO IT.

I was on JSA and had to go in twice a week to fill out a booklet about all the job searching i did (and i did a LOT), that's fair enough. However they were no help and then tried ti screw me over massively.

I was at that time only working 10 hours a week, which is below the hours as i think it's 20 hours or less you are eligible for JSA. I handed in my payslip every month (i was signed up for 4 months).

Then they call me in and said "you need to pay ALL that money back (plus another £100 as a "fine") because you lied to us and you work more than you are supposed to.

I obviously didn't because all the evidence was in the payslips i provided them. They kept saying "no you owe us this because you were not supposed to get that money". I got bad and told them i would sue them for attempting to take money of me when all the evidence was there.

They send me a letter saying that they would add an extra £100 if i did not give them all the money ASAP.

So, i got hold of someone fairly high up, and made a formal complaint. The next week i get a letter saying "I'm very sorry for the inconvenience but we had you mixed up with someone else". The thing is, had I paid that money to them, and they found out they made the mistake AFTER I paid them, do you reckon they would have told me and given the money back? NO CHANCE. They only apologized because they got caught.

Then get this.... they had the ******* audacity to phone me after and ask me if i am still attending the weekly meetings.

Be careful. They are idiots and want to get you in a much worse position.