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How many hours can you work with PIP?

valeriecarter
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Hi my husband gets pip how Maney ours can he work thanks
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Hi @valeriecarter
Welcome to the community! I am unsure however another member of the community will be able to advise you and will be in contact with you soon. Please let us know if there is anything else that we can help you with!Disability Gamechanger - 2019 -
Hi @valeriecarter, and a warm welcome to the community!
Work doesn't affect PIP, as PIP is not means-tested, so there isn't a maximum number of hours somebody could work. However, for other benefits such as ESA, only a certain number of 'permitted hours' are allowed. You can find out more about permitted work on the Disability Rights UK website.1 Disability benefits
Disability living allowance (DLA), personal independence payment (PIP) and attendance allowance are payable whether or not you are working. They are not means tested, so earnings do not affect the amount of your benefit.
Starting a job may suggest that your care or mobility needs have changed, so your benefit entitlement could be reconsidered. It is possible that your care needs may actually increase if you move into work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) views starting or leaving work as a potential ‘change of circumstances’ for DLA and PIP.
2 Permitted work
If you are getting employment and support allowance (ESA), incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance (SDA), national insurance credits or income support because of incapacity for work, you are allowed to do some ‘permitted work’.
You have a choice of three types of permitted work, depending on your circumstances:- permitted work lower limit;
- permitted work higher limit; and
- supported permitted work.
You must tell the DWP that you are due to start permitted work; call 0800 169 0310.
If you are self employed, you will need to seek advice about how your earnings are calculated. -
Thank you so much my husband gets pip but been offered a job at 42hurs aweek so if he takes the job he want get in to trubble
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valeriecarter said:Thank you so much my husband gets pip but been offered a job at 42hurs aweek so if he takes the job he want get in to trubble
However be aware that whilst it should not be a problem for PIP, the assessor and/or the DWP might think that if you work then the disabilities and impact may well be over stated.
Just make sure that the work you do does not indicate that a descriptor(s) are not compromised. For example working in a warehouse could indicate that mobility is good as is stamina therefore no pain involved.
If the assessor could use it against you they may well do so, wrong of course but you never know.
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Is there anyone I can talk to ur inbox to help me with housing benifit etc
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valeriecarter said:Thank you so much my husband gets pip but been offered a job at 42hurs aweek so if he takes the job he want get in to trubble
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valeriecarter said:Is there anyone I can talk to ur inbox to help me with housing benifit etc
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Hi @valeriecarter, feel free to start a new discussion with your query and somebody will be along to help!
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I’ve been offered a job 25 hours per week but don’t know if the job is permanent I receive pip for mental illness would I lose my pip
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bigDuane said:I’ve been offered a job 25 hours per week but don’t know if the job is permanent I receive pip for mental illness would I lose my pip
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