Income Maintenance Period (IMP) 106-05020020

Item

Example

1

Customer has stopped employment

Lance stops work and is paid 30 days of unused annual leave for a total amount of $2,100. Lance was also paid Long Service Leave of 150 days and a payment of $15,000. Lance lodges a claim for JobSeeker Payment (JSP). The IMP is calculated as follows:

• $15,000/150 = $100 per day
• $2,100/30 = $70 per day

The total IMP would be 180 days. The first 150 days at $100 per day and the last 30 days at $70 per day.

Lance finds work 2 weeks into the IMP. However, Lance only worked for 6 weeks. On leaving this latest employer, Lance is paid 10 days of unused sick leave of $800.

• $800/10 = $80 per day

Lance's original IMP remains and Lance must now serve an additional 10 days at the rate of $80 per day.

2

Customer has received a redundancy payment

Gina is made redundant from a firm on 22 September and is paid $35,000 in non bona fide redundancy payment. The $35,000 redundancy payment consists of:

• $5,000 in leave payments (annual leave)
• $14,500 in a payment based on 2 weeks payment for every year of service, and
• $15,500 gratuity payment

Gina's average weekly wage was $1,000. Gina applies for JobSeeker Payment (JSP) on 24 September. The IMP will be calculated as follows:

• $5,000 annual leave = 5 weeks
• $14,500/$1,000 = 14.5 weeks which is rounded down to 14 weeks
• $15,500/$1,000 = 15.5 weeks which is rounded down to 15 weeks

Gina's IMP will be 34 weeks at $1,000 per week and rounded down to the nearest day.

3

Customer claims hardship

See Assessment of hardship for Income Maintenance Period (IMP).

Code

Reason

SRT

Shortage of work

UFW

Unsuitability to this type of work

END

End of season or contract

RED

Redundancy

PER

Unsatisfactory work performance

DIS

Misconduct as an employee

VOL

Employee ceasing work voluntarily

OTH

Other

BUS

Business closed down

STU

Started full-time studies

MED

Medical reasons

AUS

Moved to Australia

NOT

Not enough work hours