Removing incentive payments

Incentive payments should be removed when the young person:

• is subject to a grade 1, 2 or 3 sanction
• is in hospital for longer than 13 weeks and they are receiving the hospital rate of payment
• moves from Young Parent Payment to Youth Payment because they no longer have a dependent child (Parent education incentive only)
• moves from Youth Payment onto a main benefit
• has intentionally acted in a way that is inconsistent with the purpose of the incentives

For more information see:

• Examples of actions inconsistent with purpose
• Incentive payments can continue
• Restoring incentive payments