1.1.A.340 Australian working life residence (AWLR)
Usage
This definition applies to the following payments:
- age pension
- wife pension
- widow B pension
- parenting payment (single)
- disability support pension, and
- carer payment.
Note: From 20 March 2020, JSP was introduced. WP and WidB ceased and eligible recipients were transferred to an alternative payment (such as Age or CP), depending on their circumstances. A person's payment rate is not affected by the changes.
Definition
AWLR refers to any and all periods from the age of 16 to age pension age when a person was an Australian resident.
It is a measure of a person's potential working life and does not mean that a person had to have worked or paid taxes.
Act reference: SSAct section 7(2) An Australian resident is …, section 1221-B2 Australian working life residence (general)
Calculating AWLR
A person's AWLR is used to calculate the rate of proportional pension. The AWLR used in a proportional portability (1.1.P.310) rate calculation is the number of whole months of working life residence, PLUS 1. The extra month is added once only, after totalling all working life residence including broken periods of months and days. When adding days, 30 days are equal to 1 whole month.
Example: Female born 4 June 1922.
Periods of Residence | Age | AWLR |
---|---|---|
4.6.22 - 3.6.42 | 16 years on 4.6.38 | 4 years |
2.5.65 - 8.4.72 | 6 years, 11 months, 6 days | |
5.2.81 - 17.8.91 | 60 years on 4.6.82 | 1 year, 3 months, 30 days |
Total working life residence | = 11 years, 14 months, 36 days = 11 years, 15 months, 6 days = 147 months + 1 month = 148 months |