Section 21 — Social Security Act 2018: What is work gap

21 What is work gap (1) A person ( P ) has a work gap if— (a) P is not in full-time employment; or (b) P is in employment but is losing earnings through a health condition or injury (for example, is not working at all or is working reduced hours). (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), P may treat as a loss of P’s earnings a payment made to any other person who acts as P’s substitute during the period of P’s health condition or injury. (3) Despite subsection (1)(a), P still has a work gap if— (a) P is receiving jobseeker support at the rate in clause 1(c), (e), or (f) of Part 1 of Schedule 4; and (b) during a temporary period, P engages in full-time employment; and (c) the income from that employment and P’s other income (if any) when calculated over a 52-week period is less than the amount that would, under the appropriate income test, reduce the applicable rate of jobseeker support to zero. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 88B(1), (6), (7)