Employment on trial?

Jara wrote:Hey everyone!

Is employment on trial still a scheme? How does one person "activate" this scheme if they are thinking of leaving their job?

Cheers!

Eligibility
4.  To be eligible for Employment on Trial, the claimant must:
have worked for at least 16 hours a week for a period of over four weeks but not more than 12 weeks, starting with the week in which the work began;

not have worked, either part-time or full-time, as an employed earner or self-employed, during any of the 13 weeks before the day on which the job started; and

not have been a full-time student or in relevant education at any time in the 13 weeks before the day on which the job started.

5.   The following activities count toward the 13-week eligibility:
a period of vocational training;
a period of Work Based Learning for Young People;
a period of assessment or rehabilitation during which the individual received an Employment Rehabilitation allowance or social security
benefits;
part-time study, or part-time education; and periods on:
Incapacity Benefit;
Statutory Sick Pay; or
Statutory Maternity Pay; and
Employment and Support Allowance.

7.   The following do not count towards the 16 hours of work:
holidays;
sickness;
jury service;
self-employment;
part-time employment; and
times when the claimant was not working for any other reason.  For example, a Career Break.