More Than One Employment (Info)
The condition of working for 16 hours or more, or 30 hours or more a week, whichever is appropriate, is satisfied if a claimant or at least one person in a joint claim
- Has two or more part-time (P/T) jobs (including any self-employment)
And
- The total hours worked is 16 or more a week if they are responsible for a child or young person, or have a disability that puts them at a disadvantage in getting a job
Or
- If the claimant is at least 25 and has no dependant children, the total hours worked by that person in all the jobs are at least 30 hours a week in all other cases
If both adults in a family have P/T jobs at least one of them must be in qualifying remunerative work for at least 16 hours a week. The hours cannot be added together to meet the qualifying remunerative work condition. (They can, however be added together once the remunerative work condition is met to qualify for the 30 hour premium.)
Examples
- A man works 15 hours in one job and 5 hours in another, his partner does not work as she is looking after their children. As both jobs relate to him they can be added together. As the total hours he works are 20 hours, the remunerative work condition is satisfied
- A man and his partner each work 15 hours a week. They have no dependent children. The total hours worked by the couple is 30 hours. Although the total hours they work are 30 the remunerative work condition is not satisfied as neither partner works individually for 30 hours and the hours cannot be totalled as neither works 16 hours
- A man works 20 hours and his partner 10 hours a week, the total hours worked by the couple are 30 hours. They have responsibility for a child. As at least one of the couple works for 16 hours, the remunerative work condition is satisfied. As the remunerative work condition has now been satisfied the hours they both work can be added together to consider the additional 30 hour element. The 30 hour element would be payable in this example
If WTC entitlement ends due to employment changes, for example total hours worked have dropped below 16 or employment ends, the claimant may be entitled to IS, income based JSA or income-related ESA. They will continue to receive WTC for 4 weeks starting from the day after entitlement ended. This will be paid until further notice and the claimant will receive a letter explaining this .
Note: Claimants serving a prison sentence are not treated as being in remunerative work and so this will not apply to them
