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<p /> <p>Since March 2014, the Minimum Earnings Threshold has helped Jobcentre Plus
and HMRC determine whether an EEA national undertaking work activity can be treated
as a ‘worker’ or ‘self-employed’ person for the purposes of certain means-tested benefits
and tax credits (including Jobseekers Allowance, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credit
and Child Benefit). The Minimum Earnings Threshold helps determine whether an individual’s
work is (or has been) ‘genuine and effective’. In general the claimant has to show
that they have been earning £153 per week (point at which employed earners have to
start paying National Insurance Contributions) for 3 consecutive months. Where this
threshold has not been met then decision-makers will consider the specific details
of the case.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect specific information on the number of
EEA national claimants who have been assessed against the Minimum Earnings Threshold,
nor on the number of EEA nationals whose work has been found to not be ‘genuine and
effective’ under that test.</p>
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