Exemption for severe disablement

As an incentive for the personal effort of a severely disabled person to participate or continue in employment, discretion can be used to disregard all or part of any income earned from employment as chargeable income for benefit purposes.

Consideration for this special income exemption should be given to clients with a severe disability who are extremely limited in their ability to participate in employment, the community and take care of themselves.

Consider whether or not the client is severely disabled. The Guidelines - exemption for severe disablement will help.

Each case should be assessed on an individual basis.

If the client is severely disabled consider whether or not to disregard all or part of any income earned by the client. To help with this, see Amount of income exemption.

Clients who are not severely disabled cannot receive this exemption.

For more information see:

• Guidelines - exemption for severe disablement
• Amount of income exemption