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12 years 8 months ago #91335 by slugsta
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Just to warn you that the eligibility for income-related ESA depends on your partner's income as well as how many hours are worked.
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12 years 8 months ago #91336 by rioruss
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Hello Hurty back,
Thankyou for your comment, yes i am aware that his income amount would be a factor aswell. he is a gardener on a faily low hourly rate.
Thankyou for your comment, yes i am aware that his income amount would be a factor aswell. he is a gardener on a faily low hourly rate.
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12 years 8 months ago #91337 by slugsta
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Ok - I didn't want to give you false hopes!
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12 years 8 months ago - 12 years 8 months ago #91452 by rioruss
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Hello again,
well yesterday my partner came home from worked and confirmed that his hours are definately going to be reduced, his boss has however said he can do 3 days totalling 24 hours but he will be able to do less if it benefits us !! so now my query is , is it 24 hours or less or less than 24 hours and also does anybody know the maximum his wages would have to be to qualify for income based?
( trying to work out if we would be better off claiming the esa or just leaving it and see what happens)
tina
well yesterday my partner came home from worked and confirmed that his hours are definately going to be reduced, his boss has however said he can do 3 days totalling 24 hours but he will be able to do less if it benefits us !! so now my query is , is it 24 hours or less or less than 24 hours and also does anybody know the maximum his wages would have to be to qualify for income based?
( trying to work out if we would be better off claiming the esa or just leaving it and see what happens)
tina
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12 years 8 months ago #91469 by Gordon
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rioruss wrote:
The basic couples rate is £111.45, income should be taken as after tax, I'm not sure about other deductions such NI and company pension (if applicable). As a first port of call, there is a benefit calculator at the Turn2us website, but I would recommend you get a proper estimate from a trained advisor, see
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Regulation 42 of the ESA Regulations 2008 defines it asHello again,
well yesterday my partner came home from worked and confirmed that his hours are definately going to be reduced, his boss has however said he can do 3 days totalling 24 hours but he will be able to do less if it benefits us !! so now my query is , is it 24 hours or less or less than 24 hours and also does anybody know the maximum his wages would have to be to qualify for income based?
( trying to work out if we would be better off claiming the esa or just leaving it and see what happens)
tina
I take this to mean 24 hours or more.“remunerative work” means work in which the claimant’s partner is engaged or, where the partner’s hours of work fluctuate, the partner is engaged on average, for not less than 24 hours a week, being work for which payment is made or which is done in expectation of payment.
The basic couples rate is £111.45, income should be taken as after tax, I'm not sure about other deductions such NI and company pension (if applicable). As a first port of call, there is a benefit calculator at the Turn2us website, but I would recommend you get a proper estimate from a trained advisor, see
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Gordon
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