•To qualify for jobseeker’s allowance (JSA), you must usually satisfy jobseeking conditions – ie, you must be available for work, actively seek work and have a current claimant commitment.

•If your entitlement to JSA ends because you were found not to be available for or to actively seek work, you can be given a sanction when you make a new claim for JSA and your JSA may be paid at a reduced (or nil) rate.

•There are a number of things you must do after you have been awarded JSA. These include ‘signing on’, and attending and participating in regular interviews.

•If you disagree with a decision on whether you are available for or actively seeking work, or about your claimant commitment, you can apply for a revision or a supersession (see Chapter 56), or appeal against it (see Chapter 57). You must apply for a mandatory reconsideration before you can appeal.