Working and claiming a Social Welfare Payment

Many Social Welfare payments allow you to work part-time and continue to receive some of your Social Welfare payment, in order to support your access to employment opportunities and your progression into full-time employment. The key welfare payments which allow you work and retain some form of payment are:

• Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB)

• Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA)

• Jobseeker’s Benefit (Self-Employed) – (JBSE)

• Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment (JST)

• One-Parent Family Payment (OFP)

• Disability Allowance (DA)

• Carer’s Benefit and Allowance

• Partial Capacity Benefit (PCB)

The amount you earn from employment may affect your continued entitlement to receive your families’ Social Welfare payment. In addition, your total income from employment and any Social Welfare payment may affect your entitlement to any existing secondary benefits you receive. This can include Rent Supplement, differential rent, if you are a local authority tenant, or the amount of rent you may pay under Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) or the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP). Income from employment may also affect your entitlement to keep your existing Medical Card or GP Visit Card.