The job prize is aimed at unemployed people who by 1 December 2016 have been receiving any of the following benefits for a whole year – defined as 47 out out of the past 52 weeks:
Cash benefit, education benefit, sickness benefit, resource pathway measures, rehabilitation benefits and unemployment benefit.
People receiving income maintenance and per diem holiday pay, temporary labour market support and cash support must have been unemployed for an uninterrupted period of 18 months – defined as 71 out of the past 78 weeks.
Valid for two years from 1 April 2017.