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Employment and Support Allowance sanctions
It鈥檚 important that you understand what you must do to get your benefit payment and what will happen if you don鈥檛 do this.
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This factsheet explains:
- what you must do to keep your full benefit payment
- how long your benefit payment could be reduced for if you do not do what you are asked to do by your work coach or adviser
- what you can do if you don鈥檛 agree with a decision to reduce your benefit payment
- what you should do if your benefit payment is reduced
- how you can get information about hardship payments
Read more about Employment and Support Allowance.
Updates to this page
Published 6 December 2016
Last updated 17 December 2020
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Updated the opening hours of the DWP helpline to 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
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Added Welsh version of 'Employment and Support Allowance sanctions: how to keep your benefit payment'.
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First published.