Jobseekers Act 1995

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The Jobseekers Act 1995 is a UK law that reformed unemployment benefits and introduced the framework for Jobseeker’s Allowance, linking financial support to active job search requirements.

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Label Occurrences
Jobseekers Act 1995 canonical 4
Jobseeker’s Agreement 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom statute ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Social Security ⓘ
Employment Service ⓘ
aimedTo encourage labour market participation ⓘ
reduce long-term unemployment ⓘ
benefitType contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance ⓘ
income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance ⓘ
citation 1995 c. 18 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn actively seeking employment ⓘ
availability for employment ⓘ
back to work schemes and programmes ⓘ
conditions of entitlement to Jobseeker’s Allowance ⓘ
disqualification and sanctions ⓘ
jobseeker’s directions ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBenefit Jobseeker’s Allowance ⓘ
establishedFrameworkFor Jobseeker’s Allowance ⓘ
geographicalScope Great Britain ⓘ
introducedBy Secretary of State for Social Security ⓘ
introducedConcept Jobseeker’s Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Jobseekers Act 1995

sanctions for non-compliance with job search conditions ⓘ
introducedRequirement claimants must be actively seeking work ⓘ
claimants must be available for work ⓘ
claimants must enter a Jobseeker’s Agreement ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterAdministeredBy Jobcentre Plus ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
linkedBenefitTo active job search requirements ⓘ
partOf United Kingdom social security legislation ⓘ
policyArea social security ⓘ
unemployment benefits ⓘ
welfare-to-work ⓘ
reformed unemployment benefit system in the United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedTo Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ⓘ
Welfare Reform Act 2007 ⓘ
Welfare Reform Act 2012 ⓘ
replaced Unemployment Benefit with Jobseeker’s Allowance framework ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1995-07-19 ⓘ
shortTitle Jobseekers Act 1995 ⓘ
status amended ⓘ
subjectHeading Jobseeker’s Allowance – law and legislation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1995 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jobseeker’s Allowance → legalBasis → Jobseekers Act 1995 ⓘ
Welfare Reform Act 2012 → amends → Jobseekers Act 1995 ⓘ
Jobseekers Act 1995 → shortTitle → Jobseekers Act 1995 ⓘ
Jobseekers Act 1995 → introducedConcept → Jobseeker’s Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Jobseekers Act 1995
Welfare Reform Act 2007 → relatedTo → Jobseekers Act 1995 ⓘ