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Eligible courses are those offered through the online job seeker platform. Both provider-serviced and online job seekers are able to have these courses approved at any time. More flexible mutual obligation arrangements will operate from 28 September 2020 to encourage study in high labour demand areas. If these job seekers are working and studying for 70 hours per fortnight, they will fully meet their requirements and not be required to undertake job search.

If job seekers in online employment services are working and studying for 40 hours per fortnight, or are participating in a full-time equivalent course, their job search will be halved. Job seekers must have this study/training entered into their Job Plan through the online job seeker platform. Eligible courses are limited to those offered through the online job seeker platform. Job seekers in online employment servicesĪs part of their mutual obligation requirements, job seekers in online employment services may elect at any time to participate in study and training in high labour demand areas (see below).

However, they should remain connected to their provider (if applicable), and may be referred to suitable work opportunities that do not conflict with their study or work. Job seekers who combine work and study/training in high labour demand areas (see below) for at least 70 hours per fortnight are not required to look for additional work or participate in other activities. However, providers and the digital services contact centre both have discretion to require job seekers to diversify their job search - particularly where previous job search in that area has been unsuccessful, or there is little immediate likelihood of finding work in the area studied. For example, job seekers studying an aged care-related qualification should be allowed to initially restrict their job search to that field. Where studying a course in an area of high labour demand, and the course would likely improve job seekers' employability, job seekers may initially restrict their job search to that area. However, a job seekers's job search should be adjusted to a level that will not interfere with their ability to undertake their approved study/training. If a short course is approved and included in job seekers' Job Plan then the job seeker must generally still look for work and attend appointments with their provider (if applicable) as long as this does not conflict with the scheduled time of the course. However, full-time academic study can be approved under the above conditions, for example, where a person has so far been unsuccessful in their job search and has only a semester to complete in order to obtain a degree that would greatly improve their employment prospects.įull-time Masters or Doctorate study cannot be approved for JSP or YA (other) recipients except for people transferring from PP and for single principal carers who have been granted PES for a course - see below.

is on a list of courses in areas of high labour demand (see below).įull-time academic courses cannot be approved for a JSP recipient just because they have exhausted their allowable time/reasonable time on a student payment.

the course will lead to qualifications in an identified area of skills shortage, OR.

there is little chance of the job seeker finding employment with their existing skills, OR.

completing the course is likely to lead to an employment outcome for the job seeker, OR.

The study must be included as compulsory item in a job seeker's Job Plan, and can only be approved if the course is less than 12 months in duration and: Participation in a full-time course for JSP & YA (other) recipients - general ruleįor most JSP and YA (other) recipients, participation in a full-time education or training course can generally only be approved by their provider or, if applicable, the digital services contact centre. The intention of this is primarily to allow job seekers who are unlikely to find work with their existing skills to complete courses with a vocational focus that will enhance their immediate employability. Social security law precludes full-time students from qualifying for JSP, unless they undertake a course of full-time education or training as a term of a Job Plan.