Work or work preparation obligations
Clients and partners receiving Jobseeker Support have full-time or part-time work obligations, or work preparation obligations.
Full-time work obligations
Full-time work obligations apply to:
- primary clients (except those receiving Jobseeker Support on ground of a health condition, injury or disability)
- partners with no children and
- partners with a youngest dependent child aged 14 years or over
Clients with full-time work obligations must be available for, and take reasonable steps to find suitable employment of at least 30 hours or more per week.
Part-time work obligations
Clients with part-time work obligations must be available for, and take reasonable steps to find, suitable employment.
Part time work obligations apply | Part time work is |
Primary clients receiving Jobseeker Support (health condition, injury or disability) who have part-time work capacity | Employment of at least 15 hours per week |
Partners with a youngest dependent child aged between 3 and 13 years | Employment of at least 20 hours per week |
Work preparation obligations
Work preparation obligations apply to:
- primary clients receiving Jobseeker Support (health condition, injury or disability) who have a deferral from their work obligations
- partners with a youngest dependent child aged under 3 years
If the partner is receiving Orphans Benefit or Unsupported Childs Benefit, these children are not considered dependent children for rates purposes but they are treated as dependent children for setting work or work preparation obligations.
Partners aged 16 to 19 years old
Young partners (aged 16 to 19 years old) of clients receiving Jobseeker Support have youth activity obligations, and not work or work preparation obligations, if they are:
- aged 16 or 17 years old without dependent children or
- aged 16 to 19 years old with a dependent child or children and
- married to, or in a civil union, or de facto relationship with a person receiving Jobseeker Support
For more information see:
- Deciding work obligations for client (health condition, injury or disability)
- Partners with no children or youngest child 14+ years
- Partners with youngest child between 3 and 13 years
- Partners with youngest dependent child aged under 3 years
- Work preparation obligations
- Work obligations
- Youth activity obligations
- Rehabilitation
- Good and sufficient reason for not meeting work or work preparation obligations
- Work ability assessment obligation
- Working with a contracted service provider obligation
- Drug test obligations
- Limited employment locations
- Exemptions
- Deferrals
- Obligations failures
