Striking workers

Where a single client is not employed because of a strike, they can receive an Accommodation Supplement. However, you can consider that they have deprived themselves of income and assess entitlement to Accommodation Supplement by taking into account pre-strike earnings.

This approach will ensure that:

• clients already receiving Accommodation Supplement do not qualify for a higher rate as a result of going on strike
• clients who previously did not qualify for Accommodation Supplement on the grounds of income, will not become eligible as a result of going on strike and
• clients who previously would have qualified on the grounds of income but did not apply prior to striking are eligible

For information about Accommodation Supplement for married, civil union or de facto clients where one partner is on strike see:

• Partner on strike