What's new
1 April 2026
Annual General Adjustment
Rates and thresholds increased on 1 April 2026 by the Annual General Adjustment have been updated in deskfile and elsewhere in Map.
Minimum wage
The adult minimum wage, starting-out minimum wage, and training minimum wage increased on 1 April 2026. See:
Legislation
The following ministerial directions have been updated, effective from 1 April 2026:
- Advance Payments of Instalments of Benefit
- Approval criteria for specified early childhood education programmes for purposes of social obligations under the Social Security Act 2018
- Debt Recovery
- Special Benefit
These are also available in a hard-copy (PDF) format. See ministerial directions.
The following welfare programmes have been updated, effective from 1 April 2026:
- Away from Home Allowance Programme
- Emergency Housing Grants Programme
- Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme
- Family Start and Early Start (Childcare Assistance) Programme
- Flexi-wage Employment Assistance Programme
- Guaranteed Childcare Assistance Payment Programme
- Home Help Programme
- New Employment Transition Grant Programme
- Recoverable Assistance Programme
- Seasonal Work Assistance Programme
- Special Needs Grants Programme
- Special Transfer Allowance Programme 2000
- Training Incentive Allowance Programme
These are also available in a hard-copy (PDF) format. See welfare programmes.
