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Hello to anyone who can offer advice on the following:
I have a client who has Asylum in the UK. & claims JSA for himself & his wife.
Works occaisionally as an Interpreter.
Client is based in Norwich, but the office of the company he works for is based in Cambridge.
Client does most of his work in Cambridge, Peterbrough, & surrounding areas.
Client gets paid an hourly rate for his work, & pays for the petrol to get to & from the place of work but is then reimbursed at the end of each month - therefore he is not making any profit from this.
The DWP have decided that this is not allowable expenses & are therefore treating it as earnings.
I was advised that if the client travelled to the office of his employment & then travelled to the location where his interpreting skills were needed they would treat the later journey as allowable costs.
Therefore have the problem that unless his employer chooses to relocate to Norwich, the client will have to incurr the cost of traveling to his work.
Does anyone have any handy tips on how to approach this one other than reg 35 c of 1987 Regulations "earnins shall not include - any payment in respect of expenses wholly, exclusively and necessearily incurred in the performance of the duties of the employment".
Many thanks
Jackie
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