Understanding Earnings for Universal Credit

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  • 30th September 2021
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Who is this course for?

This 2 hour course, delivered via Zoom, is for any staff or volunteers who wish to know how earnings affect Universal Credit in order to support their clients and service users.

Aims

It will give you a detailed understanding of what are earnings for Universal Credit purposes and the impact earnings can have on the claimant’s benefit award and claimant commitment. 

Objectives

This course will increase your understanding of: 

  • How to identify what are earnings and what are not, for Universal Credit 
  • How Universal Credit calculates employed and self-employed earnings
  • The Minimum Income Floor and how it is applied to a Universal Credit claim
  • How earnings will be treated in the Universal Credit calculation: including the work allowancetapering and issues relating to irregular pay periods 
  • How earnings can protect Universal Credit claimants from the Benefit Cap
  • How to recognise the relevance of earnings to the claimant commitment and work-related requirements of Universal Credit

A complete set of slides will be provided at the end of the course.

Event Location

Venue:  

Venue Phone: training@swru.org

Address:
United Kingdom

Description:

Joining Instructions

You will be sent a link to join the training 1-2 working days before the date of the course.

On the day you will be able to join the course 15 minutes before the start time and will go into a waiting room until the trainer admits you.

If you have any difficulty connecting on the day please email us at training@swru.org with a contact phone number and we will try to help.

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