Can you work and receive the Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA)?
Verified 01 April 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
YesHowever, in some cases you can combine your employment income with the Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA). The rules for cumulation differ depending on whether you are doing your business in ordinary environment or in a State: titleContent.
Ordinary environment
When you start working, your professional income is not taken into account during the first 6 months to calculate your AAH. So during that period, you collect your entire AAH.
After 6 months, your AAH is reduced (we're talking about Differential AAH). To calculate your AAH, the Caf: titleContent (or the MSA: titleContent if you are covered by the agricultural plan) takes into account your professional income from which it applies a abatement equal to:
- 80% for the income bracket less than or equal, on a monthly average, to 30% the monthly value of the minimum growth wage (i.e €540.54) which means that only 20% income is taken into account up to €540.54
- 40% for the higher income bracket, on a monthly average, 30% the monthly value of the minimum growth wage (i.e €540.54) which means that only 60% income is taken into account above €540.54.
Warning
You must report your resources to the Cfa or MSA every 3 months.
You can use a simulator to make a estimate of your rights :
Know what social benefits you may be entitled to
For accurate information on calculation methods, you should contact your CAC or MSA.
Please note
If you work simultaneously and part-time in regular and state environments, the salaries in regular and state environments are taken into account for the calculation of the AAH. Resources are considered at the quarter level. The allowances applicable to each of those remunerations shall continue to apply.
State
You get a guaranteed remuneration (salary paid in the State) varying between 55% and 110% of the Smic: titleContent schedule.
The combination of the AAH and the guarantee remuneration may not exceed the following amounts:
- €1,801.80 if you live alone,
- €2,342.34 if you live as a couple,
- €2,612.61 if you live as a couple and have a child or ascendant to be charged.
When the total of the guaranteed remuneration and the AAH exceeds these amounts, AAH is reduced. To calculate your AAH, the Caf: titleContent (or the AMM if you are covered by the agricultural scheme) takes into account your guaranteed remuneration from which it applies a abatement.
Guaranteed remuneration | Abatement rate | Guaranteed remuneration taken into account for the calculation of your AAH |
|---|---|---|
Enter €0.59 and €1.19 of the gross hourly minimum wage | 3.5% | 96.5% |
From €1.19 less than €1.78 of the gross hourly minimum wage | 4% | 96% |
From €1.78 less than €2.38 of the gross hourly minimum wage | 4.5% | 95.5% |
From €2.38 less than €5.94 of the gross hourly minimum wage | 5% | 95% |
You can use a simulator to make a estimate of your rights :
Know what social benefits you may be entitled to
For accurate information on calculation methods, you should contact your CAC (or MSA).
Please note
If you are working simultaneously and part-time in the State and in an ordinary environment, remuneration in the State and in an ordinary environment is taken into account for the calculation of the AAH. Resources are considered at the quarter level. The allowances applicable to each of those remunerations shall continue to apply.
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