Suitable employment

Suitable employment varies between clients depending on their individual circumstances.

To meet their work obligations clients and partners need to be available for or take reasonable steps to find suitable employment of at least:

• 30 hours per week for clients with full-time work obligations
• 15 hours per week for clients that qualify for Jobseeker Support on the grounds of a health condition, injury, or disability
• 20 hours per week for all other clients with part-time work obligations

Clients may have pre-benefit obligations to attend an interview or accept an offer of employment. This employment must also be considered suitable.

When deciding on whether a job is suitable for a client, you need to consider the following (but is not limited to):

• appropriate hours of employment, eg hours are not excessive
• access to childcare
• family commitments
• religious commitments
• jobs which offend strongly held views
• days of the week
• type of employment
• skills required
• experience
• location of the job
• wages
• number of hours is within the appropriate range for the client's obligations

For more information see:

• Hours range for suitable employment
• Meeting job search requirements
• Employment trial period of up to 90 days
• Referrals to jobs with drug test requirements