Non-compliance for Report Job Search

A partner could fail Report Job Search without a good and sufficient reason at any point. This could occur when the partner does not:

• complete at least 3 job-search activities within a week or
• report their job-search activities or
• provide sufficient supporting evidence of their job-search activities

If MSD determines that a partner does not have a good and sufficient reason for failing to complete Report Job Search, the partner is considered non-compliant.

A partner without dependent children will have their benefit suspended from the first day of the week that they were considered non-compliant.

Their payments will remain suspended for up to 13 weeks after Report Job Search was first imposed, unless they recomply.

A partner may complete a recompliance activity during this period that is the same or similar to the activity that they originally failed. Their benefit will be resumed from the date that the partner recomplies.

When a partner's benefit has remained suspended because they have not recomplied, their benefit will cancel 13 weeks after Report Job Search was first imposed.

Partners with dependent children have 50% payment protection.

A partner with dependent children will have their payments reduced by 50% from the first day of the week that they were considered non-compliant.

A partner may complete a recompliance activity during this period that is the same or similar to the activity that they originally failed. Their benefit will be increased from the date that the partner has recomplied.

These partners will also be contacted after 2 weeks of receiving only 50% of their benefit. For more information see: Effect of financial sanctions on assistance.