Updating UC job

JB2023

Hi, me and my wife receive universal credit however recently my wife feels well enough to work 16hrs per week. She is going to become my sisters carer however social services said they are going to back pay my wife to May 2023 as she spent time with her from then. She won’t be paid until end of this month. 

So my question would be because her technical start date will be MAY 2023 but she doesn’t get paid until this month will the start date be this month or back in May 2023? 

Will she get in trouble for not putting it back then even though she didn’t know it would be back paid? 

I’m just wondering what date we should put. She’s had no wage up until the end of this month

she does have LWCRA too and receive PIP

poppy123456

She will need to put the start date of the day she actually starts working. 

The money she receives as a back pay will affect your UC in the assessment period in which she receives it. This may reduce your UC to zero for that month so please be aware of that.