Leave and termination payments paid by an employer 108-07010100

Code the leave payment on the Income Maintenance Period (IMP) screen on the record of the customer who was paid the leave payment.

The system will assess the applicable IMP for affected customer(s) but will not include it in the income assessment of any non-IMP affected customer.

Jack receives Disability Support Pension. Jack's partner Jill receives Age Pension.

Jill stops employment and receives 30 days Long Service Leave.

While the IMP provisions do not directly affect Jill, record the Long Service Leave on the IMP screen on Jill's record. This will correctly assess Jack's IMP affected payment.

Jill's Long Service Leave is not considered income for Age Pension. The asset value and any deemed income from investments is assessed under the relevant Income Test and Assets Test.

Mia is getting ABSTUDY. Mia's partner is getting JobSeeker Payment.

Mia stops work and receives a payment for unused leave.

As Mia is on ABSTUDY, code the termination payment on the Other Income (OIN) screen over 52 weeks. The income is subject to the personal and partner income tests. No coding is needed on the partner's record.

Rylan is getting Parenting Payment Partnered. Rylan's partner is getting ABSTUDY.

Rylan's employment stops and Rylan receives a redundancy payment.

As Rylan is getting an IMP affected payment, code the termination payment on the IMP screen. No coding is needed on the partner's record, and there will be no effect on ABSTUDY.