What Kind Of Work Do Social Welfare Mean When They Say Rehabilitative Work?

Niamh2389 · 10-04-2012 3:58pm #1

Does it depend on certain people's disability?

If you have very little movement in your arms would office work be accepted?

she s · 11-04-2012 9:03am

"From 13 February 2012, Partial Capacity Benefit replaces the previous exemption arrangements where people on Invalidity Pension could get permission to work part-time (known as an exemption) for rehabilitative or therapeutic purposes and keep their full social welfare payment.

From 13 February 2012 Partial Capacity Benefit replaces the previous exemption arrangements where people on Illness Benefit or Invalidity Pension could get permission to work part-time (known as an exemption) for rehabilitative or therapeutic purposes and keep their full social welfare payment.

Those who currently have this permission will not be affected until their permission comes up for review. At that stage, the exemption will no longer be available to them but they have the option of applying for Partial Capacity Benefit. There is no requirement that the work a person does while on Partial Capacity Benefit has to be for rehabilitative or therapeutic purposes.

Participation on the Partial Capacity Benefit scheme is voluntary.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/disability_and_illness/partial_capacity_benefit.html

What Kind Of Work Do Social Welfare Mean When They Say Rehabilitative Work?

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