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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 earnings assistance payment that offers financial help to people aged 22 years to age pension age who have capability to work now or in the future and annunciogratis.net prepared to meet shared responsibility requirements.

JSP will consist of gain access to for individuals who have briefly quit working or studying to recover from a disease or injury however who work or study to return to. When the incapacity ends, and unless exempted from shared obligations requirements (3.11.5), a recipient must:

- get involved in or be ready to take part in approved activities, and/or task search, and
- be prepared to participate in, elearnportal.science comply with or differ an existing Job Plan to fulfil the shared commitment requirements (3.11 ).

How is JSP privilege identified?

JSP is calculated on an everyday basis and is paid in defaults, normally in instalments of 2 week. Instalment durations of less than 2 week might be paid where an individual modifications their payday arrangements.

Policy recommendation: visualchemy.gallery SS Guide 8.4 Payment approaches

Supplementary support

Recipients receiving JSP MAY also 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 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 might be eligible for bereavement payments or a one-off partner bereavement payment

Act reference: SSAct section 660LA Ongoing payment for death of partner, area 660LH One-off payment for disgaeawiki.info death of partner

Policy referral: 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 production of JSP:

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

Last reviewed: 20 September 2022

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