£20 Jobs While On ESA

[Deleted User]

I am on ESA and I read that, I am allowed to work for £20 a week while it wont affect my benefits.

Going by the minimum wage rate, thats only about 3 hours a week.

Do jobs exist out there that are only for about 3 hours a week? I was thinking about asking job agencies if they have any 1 day a week jobs in the morning or afternoon time.

Would it be worth trying job agencies?

DaveTheGeordie

Deleted_User wrote: »

Do jobs exist out there that are only for about 3 hours a week?

Cleaning job possibly.

I thought it was £10. I wonder has it been raised or does region effect this.

Wizzbang

IMHO, job agencies are a waste of time. I don't actually know what they get paid for. Having been on Incapacity Benefit myself in the past, for a number of years- I'd recommend something you can do from home, esp if your condition fluctuates. Why not try selling Avon? Or, just signing up for some of the sites that let you earn through surveys or by home working? Check out other threads for info. Depending on your disability, maybe an elderly person locally needs a cleaner, someone to do their shopping, someone to do their garden? That would probably equate to a few hours a week. Or, could you get a paper round or leaflet delivery job? Then you might help your condition by getting some regular exercise to boot?

Alternatively, see if your local council is hiring dinner ladies for a local school? You might even get your lunch thrown in. Or, similar other small job like that.

Wizzbang

DaveTheGeordie wrote: »

Cleaning job possibly.

I thought it was £10. I wonder has it been raised or does region effect this.

It's always been £20- ever since it was called permitted work on incapacity benefit.

chem1st

Wizzbang wrote: »

It's always been £20- ever since it was called permitted work on incapacity benefit.

Aye, the income disregard.

It is just £5 for people on JSA.

Has not risen with inflation for 30 or so years.

Back then you could have got a fair few pints and bus journeys with the £5 income disregard. Now you would seriously struggle to get a half pint and a single bus journey.

[Deleted User]

Thanks for the suggestions

getting-sorted-sarah

You can work up to 16 hours for up to a year (if you earn less than £97.50), and for longer if it is 'supported permitted work' - below is from Turn2Us website.

And before anyone starts on about working and getting benefits - the idea is that an ill/disabled person can ease themselves back into work without having to give up benefits and make a new application if they can't cope with working.

Supported Permitted Work

You may carry out Supported Permitted Work (SPW) as long as you earn no more than £97.50 a week.

SPW is work which is supervised by someone who is working for a local authority, public authority, or voluntary organisation, whose job it is to find work for people with disabilities.

Work also counts as SPW if you do it under medical supervision as part of a treatment programme while you are in hospital or attending hospital regularly as an out-patient.

Permitted Work Lower Limit (PWLL)

You may work under this rule for an unlimited period as long as you earn no more than £20 a week. Although there is no limit on the number of hours that may be worked, the level of the minimum wage suggests that no more three-four hours work a week will be possible.

Permitted Work Higher Limit (PWHL)

You may work under this rule for up to 52 weeks as long as you do the work for less than 16 hours a week and earnings do not exceed £97.50 a week.

The 52-week limit does not apply if you are exempt from the personal capability assessment or if you are within the support group for Employment and Support Allowance.

For advice on what to do once this 52 week period comes to an end, you need use our Find an Adviser tool.

[Deleted User]

If I find a cleaning job for say 3 hours a week, either 1 hour a day or 3 days at an hour a time and I get paid for example £20 or even £21, do I need to contact the job center before the job starts and inform them? Thanks

Wizzbang

Deleted_User wrote: »

If I find a cleaning job for say 3 hours a week, either 1 hour a day or 3 days at an hour a time and I get paid for example £20 or even £21, do I need to contact the job center before the job starts and inform them? Thanks

Yes, you MUST tell them about any changes or you could lose your benefit and/ or get fined.