Entitlement Date

The entitlement date for Emergency Maintenance Allowance is usually:

• the day after employment ceased (that is, after any holiday pay, sick pay, cessation leave, etc. has expired) where the client was earning at a disqualifying rate
• the day after the breakdown in the family relationship
• the day after separation
• the day after financial assistance from partner ceased
• the day after their partner was taken into custody
• the date of their child's date of birth
• the date of arrival in New Zealand (if client has returned to New Zealand)
• the date of release from prison

Note where the client has more than one event, you use the later event for their entitlement date.