The list of identifiers describing a participant’s place within the Targeted Compliance
Framework.
Representation
Values
Value
Meaning
Start Date
End Date
Permissible Values
Green Zone
Participants with no demerits start in and remain in the Green Zone, where they are not subject to financial penalties, but will move to higher zones and accrue demerits if they commit Mutual Obligation Failures without a Valid Reason, or Work Refusal, or Unemployment Failures.
Warning Zone
Participants with one or more demerits enter the Warning Zone and face payment suspensions and accrual of a demerit for each failure without a valid reason.
Penalty Zone
Participants enter the Penalty Zone after accruing five demerits and face financial penalties, with penalties increasing for each subsequent failure. Participants exit the Penalty Zone with zero demerits after meeting all of their mutual obligations requirements for three active months.