{"id":46445,"date":"2021-04-08T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T19:25:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:56:41","slug":"earnings-exemption-200-after-3-months","status":"publish","type":"publications-page","link":"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/earnings-exemption-200-after-3-months","title":{"rendered":"Earnings exemption of $200 after 3 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After getting money from OW for <strong>at least<\/strong> 3 months, the rules about take-home pay change. After 3 months, OW will not reduce the monthly amount they give you if your take-home pay is $200 or less that month.<\/p>\n<p>This is called an <strong>earnings exemption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of waiting 3 months, you can get the earnings exemption right away if all of the following are true:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you got money in the past from OW or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) for at least 3 months in a row,<\/li>\n<li>you earned at least some money from work since you stopped getting money from OW or ODSP, and<\/li>\n<li>it has been less than 6 months since you stopped getting money from OW or ODSP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Money you make over $200<\/h2>\n<p>After getting money from OW for at least 3 months, if your take\u2011home pay is more than $200, OW reduces the money they give you that month. They reduce it by half the amount of what you earn above $200.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if your take-home pay is <strong>$260 in a month<\/strong>, OW will not count the first $200. But they will reduce the amount of money they give you by half of the remaining $60.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-wrapper\">\n<table style=\"border: none;\">\n<tbody style=\"border: none;\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50px; border: none; text-align: right;\">$260<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: left;\">take-home pay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid grey; width: 50px; text-align: right;\">&#8211; $200<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: left;\">earnings exemption<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; width: 50px; text-align: right;\">$60<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: left;\">OW reduces your month&#8217;s payment by half of this<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid grey; width: 50px; text-align: right;\">\u00f7 2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: left;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: none; width: 50px; text-align: right;\"><strong>$30<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; text-align: left;\">OW takes this much from your monthly amount<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46445","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Earnings exemption of $200 after 3 months - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/earnings-exemption-200-after-3-months\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Earnings exemption of $200 after 3 months - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After getting money from OW for at least 3 months, the rules about take-home pay change. 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