Definition
The Targeted Compliance Framework (TCF) zone that a participant is in.
The TCF is a framework that applies to job seekers in Australia receiving unemployment benefits. It is designed to deter deliberate and persistent non-compliance while providing safeguards for vulnerable job seekers/participants. The framework has three zones: Green, Warning, and Penalty, indicating different levels of compliance, with corresponding consequences for non-compliance.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptParticipant: Targeted compliance framework
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Object ClassParticipant
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PropertyTargeted Compliance Framework zone
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Value DomainTargeted compliance framework zone label
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Targeted compliance framework zone label ".| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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| 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. |