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10 years 7 months ago - 10 years 7 months ago #110467 by Samantha
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Apologies if this is answered elsewhere, but I haven't been able to find an answer either here or elsewhere online that I can find.
I'm claiming ESA (in support group) contributions based, housing benefit and council tax benefit currently.
I worked full time until early last year, when I went off sick. I started claiming ESA once my sickpay entitlement ended.
I am still a long way from well, (and will probably never be able to work full time again), but have improved enough with treatment that I want to try to go back to work a few hours a week. I will be starting doing just two hours a week, and building up from there hopefully.
So I'm looking at permitted work rules, but have two questions I can't find answers to.
The higher earnings limit is £99.50 per week, doing less than 16 hours.
1) is this amount before or after deductions?
2) what happens if I do less than 16 hours, but earn more than the earnings limit?
Does any extra get taken off my benefits, so I'm always £99.50 per week better off?
Or does earning over the limit mean I have to come off ESA totally, as it's no longer permitted work?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help
Samantha
I'm claiming ESA (in support group) contributions based, housing benefit and council tax benefit currently.
I worked full time until early last year, when I went off sick. I started claiming ESA once my sickpay entitlement ended.
I am still a long way from well, (and will probably never be able to work full time again), but have improved enough with treatment that I want to try to go back to work a few hours a week. I will be starting doing just two hours a week, and building up from there hopefully.
So I'm looking at permitted work rules, but have two questions I can't find answers to.
The higher earnings limit is £99.50 per week, doing less than 16 hours.
1) is this amount before or after deductions?
2) what happens if I do less than 16 hours, but earn more than the earnings limit?
Does any extra get taken off my benefits, so I'm always £99.50 per week better off?
Or does earning over the limit mean I have to come off ESA totally, as it's no longer permitted work?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help
Samantha
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10 years 7 months ago - 10 years 7 months ago #110470 by Gordon
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Samantha
The £99.50 is after deductions, but not everything is deductible.
Both the £99.50 and the 16 hours are absolute limits, if you exceed them, you run the risk of being classed as doing Remunerative Work and your ESA claim being closed.
Only the DWP can confirm that what you are doing is classed as Permitted Work, so they can tell you what is deductible and what is not for the job you are considering.
You should also be aware, whilst doing PW is not in it itself a reason to change your current ESA award, the fact that you are doing it will be taken into account at any future assessment, so you she be careful to ensure that whatever you do does not contradict the stated limitations that have placed you in the Support Group in the first place.
As an absurd example, if you were placed in the SG due to the Mobilising Descriptor and you took a job delivering mail on foot, you should expect it to be an issue.
Gordon
The £99.50 is after deductions, but not everything is deductible.
Both the £99.50 and the 16 hours are absolute limits, if you exceed them, you run the risk of being classed as doing Remunerative Work and your ESA claim being closed.
Only the DWP can confirm that what you are doing is classed as Permitted Work, so they can tell you what is deductible and what is not for the job you are considering.
You should also be aware, whilst doing PW is not in it itself a reason to change your current ESA award, the fact that you are doing it will be taken into account at any future assessment, so you she be careful to ensure that whatever you do does not contradict the stated limitations that have placed you in the Support Group in the first place.
As an absurd example, if you were placed in the SG due to the Mobilising Descriptor and you took a job delivering mail on foot, you should expect it to be an issue.
Gordon
Nothing on this board constitutes legal advice - always consult a professional about specific problems
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