income support and working

trishaa

hi, can someone help me out please, if someone is getting income support, and gets work for about 8 hours a week (minimum wage), would there benefit be affected?

thanks in advance.

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trishaa wrote: »

hi, can someone help me out please, if someone is getting income support, and gets work for about 8 hours a week (minimum wage), would there benefit be affected?

thanks in advance.

In a word YES,the limits on earnings vary according to circumstances from £5 a week to £20 per week,so for example if you were allowed £20 per week and you earn £44(8 hours at nmw)you would lose £24 of that income

healy

Depending on their circumstances they will have a disregard of £10 or £20, after that their benefit will be reduced £ for £.

real1314

healy wrote: »

Depending on their circumstances they will have a disregard of £10 or £20, after that their benefit will be reduced £ for £.

or £5 for a single person with no premiums.

trishaa

so if she gets £75 income support and starts earning £40 a week, she will then only get £55 income support (£20 which is disregarded) if that makes sense
is that what u mean?

healy

real1314 wrote: »

or £5 for a single person with no premiums.

I missed it out on purpose because they would be on JSA and not IS.

trishaa

oh, so she would start getting jobseekers allowance instead of IS?

healy

trishaa wrote: »

oh, so she would start getting jobseekers allowance instead of IS?

No, I was saying the £5 disregard applies to single people on JSA.

mcc28_x

You would be working 8 hours to be £20 per week better off. Not sure of your circumstances but nearly always better to get 16hours per week minimum.

trishaa

mcc28_x wrote: »

You would be working 8 hours to be £20 per week better off. Not sure of your circumstances but nearly always better to get 16hours per week minimum.

hi, sorry not sure what u mean when u say it is always better working 16hours?

mcc28_x

16 hours per week is the minimum no. of hours to have entitlement to WTC.

However if you do not have children and are over 25 that figure needs to be 30 hours pw. Exceptions to this can include if you have a disability or if over 50 years of age.