# Gainful employment **URL:** \ **Category:** CPP Disability\ **Created:** [July 13, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.resolutelegal.ca/t/gainful-employment/431 "2017-07-13T14:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Elaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/439d5e/32.png) [@Elaine](https://forum.resolutelegal.ca/u/Elaine)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.resolutelegal.ca/t/gainful-employment/431/7 "2017-07-14T17:04:39Z")
The answer is in this post. > [@Substantial gainful occupation](https://forum.resolutelegal.ca/t/substantial-gainful-occupation/185/5): > > Since 2014, substantially gainful has been defined by regulation as being the maximum annual amount a person could earn on CPP Disability. For 2016 that amount was $15,490 per year. So basically they are saying you have the capacity to earn $15,000 or more per year working part-time. This is theoretically possible, but would be a challenge for most people unless you have higher level education and ability to earn a high hourly rate working part time. I think you should keep appealing this becaus… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.resolutelegal.ca/t/gainful-employment/431)._