In certain circumstances, unemployed workers can have penalties waived by agreeing to do certain tasks. Here are some examples:
3.3 Waiving 8-week Non-Payment Penalties
Following the submission of a Serious Failure PR, DHS may apply an eight-week nonpayment penalty during which the job seeker will not receive their income support payment. This penalty can be waived by the job seeker agreeing to undertake a Compliance Activity for eight weeks. (p. 10)
Job Seeker Compliance Framework Guideline, p. 10
3.3.1 Waiving a Failure to Meet Job Search Requirements Penalty
Providers submit this report when they have assessed and recorded that the job seeker’s Job Search efforts are unsatisfactory for the Job Search Period. DHS will investigate the PR and if applied, the job seeker may need to complete a Job Seeker Diary for up to 12 weeks and then return that to DHS