Your pay as an employee will usually affect the amount of your universal credit award. In most cases, information about your pay (as an employee) will be sent to DWP and DfC automatically from HMRC and this page looks at how that information is used and in which assessment period.

Your income, or both claimants’ combined income in joint claims and certain single claims, can affect how much your universal credit award is. Some income is taken into account in full when calculating your universal credit award, some it taken into account but tapered and some types of income are ...

Universal credit awards are made up of a number of different elements. The elements that are included in your award depend on your circumstances (and your partner’s circumstances if it is a joint claim).

Universal credit awards are made up of a number of elements. This page explains how universal credit awards are calculated. 

If you are claiming universal credit you will usually be placed into a work-related group. Each group has different work-related requirements. Some people will be placed in the no-work related requirements group. Your claimant commitment will show which group you have been placed into and what is ...

One of the basic conditions of entitlement for Universal Credit is that you must accept a claimant commitment unless an exception applies.