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Work or work preparation obligations

Primary clients receiving Supported Living Payment may have work preparation obligations where they have been assessed as having capacity to prepare for work.

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Partners of clients receiving Supported Living Payment have full-time or part-time work obligations or work preparation obligations depending on the age of their youngest child but may qualify for an exemption in certain circumstances.

Full-time work obligations

Full-time work obligations apply to:

  • partners with no children and
  • partners with a youngest dependent child aged 14 years or over

Partners 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

Part-time work obligations apply to:

  • partners with a youngest dependent child aged between 3 and 13 years

Partners with part-time work obligations must be available for, and take reasonable steps to find suitable employment of at least 20 hours per week.

Work preparation obligations

Work preparation obligations apply to:

  • partners with a youngest dependent child aged under 3 years

Note that 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 Supported Living Payment have youth activity obligations and not work or work preparation obligations if they are:

  • aged 16 to 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 in a de facto relationship with a person receiving Supported Living Payment

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