Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 40G

Seeking, accepting and undertaking paid work

  (1)   An employment pathway plan under this Subdivision in relation to a person may contain requirements relating to one or more of the following:

  (a)   the person actively seeking paid work in Australia;

  (b)   the person accepting, and being willing to accept, offers of paid work in Australia;

  (c)   the person undertaking, and being willing to undertake, paid work in Australia;

except particular paid work that is unsuitable to be done by the person.

Note:   See Division   2B for the circumstances in which paid work is unsuitable to be done by a person.

Undertaking of other activities

  (2)   An employment pathway plan under this Subdivision in relation to a person may contain requirements relating to one or more of the following:

  (a)   the person undertaking training or study;

  (b)   the person undertaking voluntary work;

  (c)   the person participating in an approved program of work for income support payment (subject to section   40J) or in an employment program;

  (d)   the person attending an interview with a person engaged by an organisation that performs services for the Commonwealth;

  (e)   the person completing, updating or improving the person's résumé.

Reporting on compliance

  (3)   An employment pathway plan under this Subdivision in relation to a person may contain requirements relating to the person's reporting of compliance with the plan.

Parenting payment--health and education

  (4)   In relation to parenting payment and a person to whom paragraph   500(1)(ca) of the 1991 Act applies, an employment pathway plan under this Subdivision may contain requirements relating to one or more of the following:

  (a)   the person's education;

  (b)   the health of a PP child of the person;

  (c)   the education of a PP child of the person.

No limit on requirements in plans

  (5)   Subsections   (1) to (4) do not limit the requirements that an employment pathway plan may contain.

Note:   See Subdivision B for limitations on the kind of requirements that can be contained in employment pathway plans.