Wages

"If you're getting benefit payments from us while you're working"  [slide with words 'Declaring your wages' and woman standing with 2 thumbs up, moves to second slide with the words 'Are you getting Work and Income payments?']

"you need to let us know how much you're earning each week." [slide with a calendar week showing 'Mon' to 'Sun' and a mouse pointer moving over each day]

"We call this declaring your wages." [slide with words 'Declaring your wages' and woman standing side on and smiling at the camera]

"The amount you declare will continue every week" [slide with words 'The amount you declare will continue every week']

"until you let us know it has stopped or changed." [slide with words 'Until you let us know it has stopped or changed']

"You need to tell us about changes to your wages before 6pm on Friday." [slide with 3 weeks of a calendar showing 'Mon' to 'Fri' and a pink circle over the number '5' in the Friday of the first week and a mouse pointer hovering over the '5', moves to a second slide showing a calendar day on '5 Fri' and an entry of 'Declare weekly earnings' at the time of 6pm]

"The income you tell us about must cover Monday to Sunday for that week, so if you're going to work during the weekend you need to add that amount in too." [slide with a calendar week showing 'Mon' to 'Sun', with a pink circle over the number '5' on the 'Fri' day, and a mouse pointer moves from Monday to Sunday. There's also a horizontal line at the top of the calendar week that goes from 'Mon' to 'Sun' with the words 'Full week's income']

"To make it easy for you, you can do this on MyMSD." [slide with woman saying these words and pointing to a kiosk in a service centre, moves to a second slide showing the MyMSD homepage on the kiosk]

"Log into MyMSD" [slide showing the MyMSD login screen with client number and PIN entered and a mouse pointer clicking on the 'Log in' button]

"go to 'Declare wages" [slide showing the MyMSD home screen and a mouse pointer clicking on 'Declare wages' in the left-hand navigation bar]

"select the week your wages started from" [slide showing the MyMSD 'Declare wages' screen and a mouse pointer clicking on the 'Select week' field under the' My wages changed from' heading, moves to a second slide showing a month calendar from 'Mon' to 'Sun' and a mouse pointer moving across the calendar and clicking 'Next']

"and tell us about your wages in the 'My wages' section." [slide showing the MyMSD 'Declare wages' screen and a mouse pointer moving to the 'My wages' heading]

"If these wages are for a job you've declared before, you can select it from the list." [slide showing the MyMSD 'Declare wages' screen] 

"If it's for a new job you haven't declared before, select 'Add employer'." [slide showing the MyMSD 'Declare wages' screen and a mouse pointer clicks on 'Add employer' under the 'My wages' heading, moves to a second slide with an 'Add employer' modal that's popped up, the employer name 'The Corner Cafe' fills in and a mouse pointer clicks on 'Continue']

"Next, tell us either how much you were paid for the whole week, or your hourly rate and how many hours you worked." [slide showing 'The Corner Cafe' at the top, a 'My income (before tax)' field, 2 fields under this, and 'hour' and 'week' buttons. A mouse pointer moves over the 'week' button and then clicks on the 'hour' button, '$25.00' is entered into the 'My income (before tax)' field and '20' is entered into the left field under this]

"If you get paid fortnightly or monthly, you'll need to break this down to the weekly amount and enter that." [slide showing the same screen and a mouse pointer clicks on the 'week' button. '$1,000 Paid a fortnight = $500 Paid weekly' pops up at the top of the screen and '$2,000 Paid monthly = $500 Paid weekly' pops up at the bottom of the screen, then the words disappear]

"If you didn't do any work for that employer that week, enter zero." [slide showing the same screen and a mouse pointer clicks into the left field and changes '20' to '00']

"Finally, check you've entered all your information correctly, then hit 'Submit'." [slide showing a 'Review and submit' screen with a heading 'My wages changed on the week of' and the date as 'Monday, 5 August - Sunday 11 August', the employer name 'The Corner Cafe', the amount for that week as '$500.00 a week' and 'Total before tax' as '$500.00'. A mouse pointer moves across each field and clicks 'Submit']

"All done! You've submitted your wages." [slide showing a woman saying these words and standing with her hands out and then doing 2 thumbs up]

"Your MyMSD account will update once this has been processed." [slide with blue background showing MyMSD logo and a circle to the right of this, a mouse pointer clicks on the circle and a green tick appears]

"More than one job? Declare those wages too." [slide with blue background showing 'Multiple jobs' and a circle to the right of this and 'Declare wages' and a circle to the right of this. A mouse pointer clicks on the circle next to 'Multiple jobs' and a green tick appears, then the mouse pointer clicks on teh circle next to 'Declare wages' and a green tick appears]

"And if things have changed and you haven't worked, let us know in MyMSD." [slide showing words 'If things change, please let us know' with a woman standing to the right of the words smiling at the camera]

[slide showing the Ministry of Social Development logo, the Work and Income logo and 'www.workandincome.govt.nz']