Example of overlapping income
A client has 2 casual part-time jobs both are paid on a weekly basis.
- Job 1 = client works 10 hours at $23.15 per hour and earns $231.50 gross per week for the period Monday 07/04/2025 to Friday 11/04/2025
- Job 2 = client works 5 hours at $23.15 per hour and earns $115.75 gross for the period Saturday 12/04/2025 to Tuesday 15/04/2025.
3 of these hours are for the period Saturday 12/04/2025 to Sunday 13/04/2025 (so overlap with job 1) and the remaining 2 hours are for the period Monday 14/04/2025 to Tuesday 15/04/2025.
The client phones the contact centre and declares all of this income.
Although the income declared is received from 2 different part-time jobs the amounts are added together for the week the income is earned and charged against the benefit as follows:
Period income earned Monday 07/04/2025 to Sunday 13/04/2025 | |
Job 1 07/04/2025 to 11/04/2025 = (5 days) Job 2 12/04/2025 to 13/04/2025 = (2 days) | $231.50 gross $69.45 gross |
Total income to be charged on Young Parent Payment for week 07/04/2025 to 13/04/2025 | $300.95 gross |
Less income threshold (at 1 April 2026) | $284.70 |
Income charged | $16.25 |
Period income earned Monday 14/04/2025 to Sunday 20/04/2025 | |
Job 2 14/04/2025 to 15/04/2025 = (2 days) | $46.30 |
Total income to be charged on Young Parent Payment for week 14/04/2025 to 20/04/2025 | $46.30 |
Less income threshold | $284.70 |
Nil income charged | $0.00 |
