UC and part time work

Zinger549

If you do some part time work but you don't know how many hours you'll be doing each month how does it affect UC. It's Stewarding work at a football stadium. When an event is on (match, concert ect) You request a shift and then you have to wait for it to be accepted, then you confirm it. The number of shifts will depend on the number of events each months and sometimes they will cancel your shift if they have enough people.

KxMx

Each UC payment is based on your circumstances for the previous calender month, known as the assessment period. 

So if you worked lots of hours your payment would be lower, if you didn't work many hours your payment would be higher. 

peteuk

Zinger549 said:

If you do some part time work but you don't know how many hours you'll be doing each month how does it affect UC. It's Stewarding work at a football stadium. When an event is on (match, concert ect) You request a shift and then you have to wait for it to be accepted, then you confirm it. The number of shifts will depend on the number of events each months and sometimes they will cancel your shift if they have enough people.

Your UC is rediced by 55p for every pound you earn, so if you earn £100 in the assessment period then your UC will reduce by £55.   At somepoint this will zero your claim.  However as its calculated on a months assessment period then if you earn loads one month but nothing the next, your UC payment will reflect this. 

6 months of a zero UC payment cancels your claim, but if your stewarding is so hit and miss (and seasional) then you should be ok. 

HillStreetBlues

KxMx said:

Each UC payment is based on your circumstances for the previous calender month, known as the assessment period. 

So if you worked lots of hours your payment would be lower, if you didn't work many hours your payment would be higher. 

Just to clarify for the OP
It's what you are paid in an assessment period, so when your wages are paid will affect your UC payment.