1.2.1.05 Jobseeker Payment (JSP) – Description

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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 support payment that offers monetary help to people aged 22 years to age pension age who have capability to work now or in the future and prepared to satisfy mutual obligation requirements.

JSP will include access for individuals who have temporarily quit working or studying to recuperate from an illness or injury however who have a task or research study to return to. When the inability ends, and unless exempted from shared commitments requirements (3.11.5), a recipient must:

– take part in or employment want to take part in authorized activities, and/or job search, and
– be prepared to participate in, comply with or differ an existing Job Plan to satisfy the shared responsibility requirements (3.11 ).

How is JSP privilege figured out?

JSP is calculated on a daily basis and is paid in defaults, employment generally in instalments of 2 week. Instalment periods of less than 2 week may be paid where a person changes their payday arrangements.

Policy reference: employment SS Guide 8.4 Payment methods

Supplementary help

Recipients receiving JSP MAY likewise get several of the following as part of their JSP rate:

– lease support (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 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 provisions

Following the death of a partner, the making it through 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, area 660LH One-off payment for death of partner

Policy referral: SS Guide 3.1.5 Bereavement payment provisions

Background to JSP

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

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

Last examined: 20 September 2022

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