Permitted work

qadsey

Hello all I am currently claiming esa and I am in the support group.
I will be starting a job in about 2 weeks which will be between 9-15 hours however it could go above the permitted work earning rules of £107.50.

My question is if this happens or if i end up working for 16 hours or more will my ESA have to stop??

qadsey

And another disadvantage of this job is its only term time so if I have to claim working tax credits it can only be claimed in the weeks that im working.

Robbie64

If your earnings go above the permitted earnings limit then your ESA will stop*. However you may be able to claim Working Tax Credit if you have been in receipt of ESA for 28 weeks or more unless you are single and live in certain parts of the country where Universal Credit is in a "digital" area.

* Your earnings can be averaged over a few weeks so you may still be fine for ESA. Depending on whether you are paid weekly or monthly it will be wages averaged over 5 weeks (weekly paid) or 2 months (monthly paid).

Darksparkle

qadsey wrote: »

And another disadvantage of this job is its only term time so if I have to claim working tax credits it can only be claimed in the weeks that im working.

That's not correct, term time workers are considered working all year round.

Seasonal workers are not.