Working Credit

Working Credit aims to encourage people of workforce age who get income support payments to take up full-time, part-time, or casual work by allowing them to keep more of their Centrelink payments while working. It also makes it easier for people to get their Centrelink payments and benefits back if a short-term job ends.

Full-time students who get Youth Allowance, Austudy or ABSTUDY are eligible for Student Income Bank instead of Working Credit.

For information on how Centrelink can help you access this initiative, along with a range of other options to help you get back into paid work, study or training, please select from the following links:

• Working Credit Brochure - provides information about how Centrelink assists people to become self sufficient and improve their chances of looking for and keeping work.
• Reporting Your Earnings: What You Need to Know - information on reporting your earnings for people receiving Parenting Payment, Disability Support Pension, Carer Payment, Wife Pension, Widow Allowance, Sickness Allowance, Partner Allowance, Widow B Pension and Bereavement Allowance.
• Your Earnings Worksheet: Helping You Keep a Record of Your Earnings - provides information about how to use these worksheets and examples of how to work out your earnings.

Indigenous Publication

• Working Credit for Indigenous Customers - provides information about the Working Credit initiative.