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1.2.1.05 Jobseeker payment (JSP) - description
What is JSP?
JSP is the working age payment that replaced NSA from 20 March 2020.
JSP is an earnings assistance payment that supplies financial support to people aged 22 years to age pension age who have capacity to work now or in the future and prepared to meet mutual commitment requirements.
JSP will consist of gain access to for individuals who have actually briefly stopped working or studying to recover from an illness or injury but who have a job or research study to return to. When the incapacity ends, and unless exempted from shared commitments requirements (3.11.5), a recipient must:
- take part in or want to take part in approved activities, and/or task search, and
- be prepared to get in into, abide by or vary an existing Job Plan to satisfy the mutual obligation requirements (3.11 ).
How is JSP privilege identified?
JSP is computed on an everyday basis and is paid in arrears, typically in instalments of 14 days. Instalment periods of less than 2 week might be paid where a person modifications their payday arrangements.
Policy referral: SS Guide 8.4 Payment methods
Supplementary help
Recipients getting JSP MAY likewise receive several of the following as part of their JSP rate:
- rent assistance (1.2.7.10).
- energy supplement (1.2.7.50).
- pharmaceutical allowance (1.2.7.20).
- remote location allowance (1.2.7.80).
- approved program of work supplement (1.2.7.180).
They MAY likewise be entitled to the following while in receipt 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 undertaking training through the Skills for Education and Employment Program.
Bereavement payment arrangements
Following the death of a partner, the enduring member of a couple might be qualified for bereavement payments or a one-off partner bereavement payment
Act recommendation: SSAct area 660LA Ongoing payment for job death of partner, area 660LH One-off payment for death of partner
Policy recommendation: job SS Guide 3.1.5 Bereavement payment provisions
Background to JSP
JSP was introduced on 20 March 2020. The following payments gradually ceased as part of the creation of JSP:
- NSA (1.2.1.10) (stopped on 20 March 2020).
SA (1.2.5.30) (near to new recipients on 20 March 2020 and ceased on 20 September 2020).
BVA (near new recipients on 20 March 2020 and job stopped when all existing recipients finished their bereavement period).
WA (1.2.3.30) (near to new receivers on 1 July 2018 and stopped on 1 January 2022).
WP (1.2.3.20) (near to brand-new receivers on 1 July 1995 ceased on 20 March 2020).
PA (1.2.2.10) (near to new receivers on 20 September 2003 ceased on 1 January 2022).
WidB (1.2.3.40) (near brand-new recipients on 20 March 1997 stopped on 20 March 2020).
Last reviewed: job 20 September 2022
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