Hours range for suitable employment
Clients with work obligations must make themselves available for suitable employment of:
- at least 20 hours per week
Although the target to meet part-time work obligations is 20 hours per week, a job can be considered suitable if the hours of work per week are around the hours required to meet their work obligations.
Hours range for clients with part-time work obligations
A person with part-time work obligations could be expected to undertake a job of between 15 and 25 hours per week if all other aspects of the job were suitable.
Example
Anna is a sole parent and has part-time work obligations. She is an experienced hair dresser. A hairdressing vacancy arises for 18 hours per week at the local salon. The details of the job suit Anna's circumstances in all ways, including her caring responsibilities.
This job is considered 'suitable employment' and Anna must apply and accept the job (if it is offered to her) or fail to meet her obligations. If Anna is offered the job, she would still be expected to be available for other work, training or other activities as she is in employment less than 20 hours per week.
Note if another job with more hours is found for Anna in another salon but the hourly rate is less and overall she would be no better off financially, the job would not be considered suitable. A suitable job would be one that was for more hours that paid the same or greater than what she was earning in her current part-time job.
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