This question may be academic for me as maybe I needed to have done something different earlier but would like to try to understand it.

I am not working at the moment, I finished my last job as a contractor to have my DS and intend to return to paid employment in October. I have been thinking about this because have realized that I am now paying more for childcare for DD two days a week than I was when I was working as I don't get the rebate just the Child Care Benefit (When working I got a very small CCB and the CCR). I dropped from three days to two days when I finished work to have DS, but I didn't take her out completely because if I did would find it difficult to get her back in, thought was unfair to remove her to then start her back again (has always been known I will have to return to work) and I wanted some time on my own with DS (no family here to give me a break).

On the website it says:

Can I satisfy the work, training, study test in any other way?
You will satisfy the work, training, study test if you are:

  • on annual leave and long service leave
  • on sick or other paid leave
  • on paid or unpaid parental leave up to a maximum of 12 months
  • on self employment leave
  • on self employment sick leave
  • receiving Carer Payment
  • receiving Carer Allowance
  • caring for a disabled person
  • on carer leave and carer sick leave



So if I had set up being a contractor differently e.g. set up as a business and contracted as that business, therefore being self employed, instead of just contracting via a contract house - could I then have satisfied the work,training,study requirement by being on self employment leave? and therefore received the CCR?

In a few months I will be looking for work, so will be ok, so is probably academic for me, but will be useful to know for when speaking with other people etc.