5Working out whether a person has undertaken adequate job search efforts

5 Working out whether a person has undertaken adequate job search efforts

(1) For the purposes of subsection 42AC(2) of the Act, the question of whether, under paragraph 42AC(1)(e) of the Act, a person has undertaken adequate job search efforts in relation to a particular period, is to be worked out in accordance with this section. Adequate quality of job search efforts (2) To work out whether a person has undertaken adequate job search efforts in relation to a period, the Secretary must take into account whether the person has undertaken job search efforts: (a) in relation to jobs at a variety of levels of seniority or remuneration that are suitable work for the person; (b) in relation to jobs in a variety of fields and occupations, including fields and occupations other than those in which the person has qualifications or experience, if that work is suitable work for the person; and (c) using a variety of methods to make contact with another person or a body in relation to, and for the purpose of, obtaining paid work with that other person or the body.

Note: The matters in subsection (2) are matters the Secretary must take into account when working out if a person has undertaken adequate job search efforts in a period. They are not criteria the person must meet in every period.

Adequate quantity of job search efforts (3) To work out whether a person has undertaken adequate job search efforts in relation to a period, the Secretary must take into account the number of job search efforts the person has undertaken in that period, and whether those job search efforts meet the number of job search efforts specified in the person’s employment pathway plan. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), when the Secretary is calculating the number of job search efforts the person has undertaken in relation to a period: (a) if a person contacts another person or body in relation to a particular job on more than one occasion during the period, only the first instance of making contact with the other person or body in relation to that job may be counted as a job search effort for that period; (b) if a person contacts another person or body otherwise than in relation to a particular job on more than one occasion during the period, only the first instance of making contact with the other person or body otherwise than in relation to a particular job during the period may be counted as a job search effort for that period; and (c) to avoid doubt, if a person contacts another person or body in relation to more than one particular job during the period, the first instance of making contact with the other person or body in relation to each particular job during the period may be counted as a separate job search effort for that period. (5) To avoid doubt, subsections (1) through (4) do not limit the matters that the Secretary may take into account to work out whether a person has undertaken adequate job search efforts in relation to a period.