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1.2.1.05 Jobseeker payment (JSP) - description

What is JSP?

JSP is the working age payment that changed NSA from 20 March 2020.

JSP is an income support payment that supplies financial support to individuals aged 22 years to age pension age who have capability to work now or in the future and prepared to meet shared obligation requirements.

JSP will consist of gain access to for individuals who have actually briefly stopped working or studying to recuperate from a disease or injury however who have a task or research study to return to. When the inability ends, and unless excused from shared obligations requirements (3.11.5), a recipient should:

- take part in or employment want to take part in approved activities, and/or task search, and
- be prepared to participate in, abide by or differ an existing Job Plan to satisfy the shared commitment requirements (3.11 ).

How is JSP entitlement determined?

JSP is determined on an everyday basis and is paid in financial obligations, usually in instalments of 2 week. Instalment durations of less than 14 days may be paid where an individual changes their payday plans.

Policy recommendation: SS Guide 8.4 Payment methods

Supplementary assistance

Recipients getting JSP MAY likewise receive several of the following as part of their JSP rate:

- rent help (1.2.7.10).
- energy supplement (1.2.7.50).
- pharmaceutical allowance (1.2.7.20).
- remote location allowance (1.2.7.80).
- authorized program of work supplement (1.2.7.180).

They MAY also be entitled to the following while in invoice of JSP:

- telephone allowance (1.2.7.70).
HCC (1.2.8.10) or PCC (1.2.8.20).
LLNS (1.2.7.110) if carrying out training through the Skills for Education and Employment Program.

Bereavement payment provisions

Following the death of a partner, the surviving member of a couple may be qualified for bereavement payments or a one-off partner bereavement payment

Act recommendation: SSAct section 660LA Ongoing payment for death of partner, section 660LH One-off payment for death of partner

Policy reference: SS Guide 3.1.5 Bereavement payment arrangements

Background to JSP

JSP was presented on 20 March 2020. The following payments gradually stopped as part of the development of JSP:

- NSA (1.2.1.10) (ceased on 20 March 2020).
SA (1.2.5.30) (near to new receivers on 20 March 2020 and ceased on 20 September 2020).
BVA (closed to brand-new receivers on 20 March 2020 and stopped when all existing recipients finished their bereavement duration).
WA (1.2.3.30) (closed to new receivers on 1 July 2018 and ceased on 1 January 2022).
WP (1.2.3.20) (closed to brand-new receivers on 1 July 1995 stopped on 20 March 2020).
PA (1.2.2.10) (closed to brand-new receivers on 20 September 2003 stopped on 1 January 2022).
WidB (1.2.3.40) (near brand-new receivers on 20 March 1997 stopped on 20 March 2020).

Last evaluated: 20 September 2022

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