permitted work

Hi all

has anyone else had a problem with there permitted work ? i telephoned spoke to a nice gentleman who explained all, then said he would send out a form, i recieved it promptly, and sent it back next day, this was over 3 weeks ago, had not heard anything so i called them today and no one knows anything about it, not even on my records, all denied talking to me, this has happened prev, ...i may lose the offer to work from home now as i have delayed my new potential employer, i remember doing this a few years ago over the phone, same thing they later denied and said i wasnt allowed to do anything as i hadnt filled in the form, ???? ??? any ideas please ??

jazzie wrote:

Hi all

has anyone else had a problem with there permitted work ? i telephoned spoke to a nice gentleman who explained all, then said he would send out a form, i recieved it promptly, and sent it back next day, this was over 3 weeks ago, had not heard anything so i called them today and no one knows anything about it, not even on my records, all denied talking to me, this has happened prev, ...i may lose the offer to work from home now as i have delayed my new potential employer, i remember doing this a few years ago over the phone, same thing they later denied and said i wasnt allowed to do anything as i hadnt filled in the form, ???? ??? any ideas please ??

Hi,

One of the problems of ringing the DWP is that your call can be answered at one of the many Customer Contact Centres throughout the UK. Depending on current call volume depends which centre your call gets routed to. Hence trying to track down the same person you spoke to over the phone is almost impossible unless you have the persons name and know where they are based. Hence we usually advise contact in writing by recorded delivery so you have an audit trail of when/where things were sent.

If your need for the form is urgent, would your local jobcentre be able to help provide you with one and fax it from there?

Pete

Thank you pete
can you shed any light on the following, i got this from the government website

•work for less than 16 hours a week, on average, and earn up to £97.50 a week for as long as your illness or disability is considered so severe that you are meeting the threshold of incapacity without having a medical assessment

am i right in thinking you can still get incapacity and earn and go beyond the 52 weeks rule indefinately ?

Gordon wrote:

Can you provide a link to the page in question?

Google:

work for less than 16 hours a week, on average, and earn up to £97.50

See this factsheet on permitted work .

See also this government website summary of permitted work