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Partners with no children or youngest child 14+ years

Full-time work obligations apply to:

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

Partners with full-time work obligations must make themselves available for suitable employment, training or other suitable activities of at least 30 hours or more each week.

If a partner is in employment for less than 30 hours each week, they are still expected to be available for other work, training or other activities up to a total of 30 hours each week. The partner must understand that they are still required to accept suitable full-time work if it becomes available.

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Partners may participate in approved training as long as they continue to meet their work obligations, unless they are granted an exception for approved full-time training.

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Partners may undertake volunteer work as long as they continue to meet their work obligations. For more information see:

Partners may apply for an exemption from their work obligations. For more information on exemptions see:

If a partner fails to comply with their work obligations, their portion of the benefit may be stopped. For more information see:

Legislation

  • Jobseeker support: work capacity determination and work test section 141 Social Security Act 2018
  • Mandatory deferral of work-test obligations if person determined under section 141(1) of Act to lack capacity for part-time work regulation 75 Social Security Regulations 2018
  • General obligation to be available for suitable employment, etc section 144 Social Security Act 2018
  • Work-test obligations as required by MSD section 146 Security Act 2018
  • Obligation to undertake and pass drug test section 147 Security Act 2018
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