Jobs and your benefit

Learn how to meet your work obligations by completing your Jobseeker profile, and then looking for mahi or getting ready for mahi.

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    Work-related obligations

    All benefits from Work and Income have obligations. These are things you must do to keep getting your benefit. Work-related obligations are about mahi.

    There are 3 types of work obligations:

    Full-time work obligations

    Most people need to look for mahi of at least 30 hours a week. This doesn’t apply if you have a health condition, injury or disability that means you can’t work full time.

    Part-time work obligations

    If a health condition, injury or disability means you can only work part time, you need to look for mahi of at least 15 hours a week.

    Work preparation obligations

    If you can’t work, or can only work under 15 hours a week because of a health condition, injury or disability, you only need to prepare to look for work.

    Meeting your work obligations

    • How your benefit may be affected If you get a benefit with work obligations, you must do things to look for mahi or get ready for mahi. If you don’t do these things, without a good and sufficient reason, your payments could reduce or stop.