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Work homepage
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Overview
We can help you get ready to apply and find the right job for you. We can even help you while you're working.
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Get ready to work
You can get training, help with CVs and cover letters, and advice for job interviews.
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Find jobs
Find out what jobs are available, which job is best for you and how you can plan your career.
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Working
Whether you've just started a job or need some help at work, we've got your back.
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Lost your job
We'll help you get ready to find a new job and support you while you're between jobs.
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Start your own business
Get help to plan and set up a successful business or be a self-employed contractor.
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Benefits and payments homepage
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Overview
Take a look at the range of benefits and payments we have available.
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Not working
Redundancy, health condition or disability or another reason you can’t work
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Living expenses
Food, school costs, power, accommodation or other living expenses you need help with
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Relationship changes
You’ve had a relationship break-up, family breakdown or violent relationship end
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Health and Disability
Counselling, prescription and GP costs, medical alarms and other costs we can help with
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Seniors
Travelling overseas, how to apply, payment rates and dates, overseas pensions, income and other info for Seniors
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Caring
Caring for someone else’s child or someone with a health condition, injury or disability
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Urgent or unexpected costs
Dental, glasses, car repairs, fridge, washing machine, funeral or other urgent costs you need help with
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Children
Childcare, school uniforms, stationery, having a baby and other costs if you have children
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Moving to New Zealand
Payments you can get from us, settling into NZ, overseas pensions and more.
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Benefits and forms
A-Z list of benefits, forms, benefit rates
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On a benefit homepage
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Overview
Check out what you need to do when you're getting a benefit or other payment from us.
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Something's changed
Address, contact details, overseas travel, childcare, relationship or anything else that’s changed.
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Income
Declare income and income deduction tables
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Childcare
Change in your childcare situation, continue childcare payments, cohort entry schools and other childcare information
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Going overseas
Travelling or moving overseas may affect your payments.
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Re-apply
Re-apply for Jobseeker Support, Sole Parent Support, Temporary Additional Support and more
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Payments
Check or stop your payments, payment cards and other information
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Debt
Check your debt, repayments and other debt information
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Rights and responsibilities
Our commitment to you, obligations, complaints, benefit fraud and more
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Housing homepage
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Overview
Find out how we can help you with housing.
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Nowhere to stay
Get help if you have nowhere to stay right now.
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Find a house
Find out where to look for private housing, or apply for public (social) housing.
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Living in your home
Get help with accommodation costs, and advice on any housing issues and public housing tenancies.
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Moving house
Find out how we can help if you’re moving house.
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Other languages
Read some of our housing information in other languages.
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Pre-employment drug testing
If you need a candidate to take a drug test as part of your job application process and they fail, we can reimburse you for this cost.
We'll only refer candidates to you if they tell us they can pass a pre-employment drug test.
You can be reimbursed for a failed drug test if:
- your job vacancy is listed with us
- you tell us when you list the vacancy that the job requires a drug test
- we refer the candidate to you
- you meet the New Zealand standard for drug testing
- the candidate:
- has work obligations
- is getting a benefit.
- you apply within 30 working days of the drug test being taken.
We'll pay for each failed test, including GST:
In-house screening | $30 |
External screening | $70 |
Evidential testing | $120 |
Evidential testing
If the candidate doesn't accept the result of the screening test, you can choose to send the sample to a laboratory for evidential testing to confirm the result.
You can get reimbursed for an evidential test if the sample fails again.
You need to:
- talk to the candidate about the failed result
- ask the candidate to sign a Failed pre-employment drug test result confirmation form
- they will either accept or reject the result
- keep a copy of this form on your records, in case the candidate queries it at a later time
- complete the Drug test reimbursement form for employers
- send it to us (the address is on the form).
If it's approved, we'll pay the money directly to you.
Candidate rejects result
We tell the candidate when they apply for a benefit that if they don't accept the result, the best time to discuss this is straight away with the person administering the test.
If you, the training provider or drug test provider want to confirm the result, you can choose to send the screening test result to a laboratory for evidential testing.