jobseeker's allowance

British  

/ ˈdʒɒbˌsiːkəz /

noun

1.  JSA.  (in Britain) a National Insurance or social security payment for unemployed people; replaced unemployment benefit in 1996

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Example Sentences

People are not eligible for these payments if they receive new style employment and support allowance, contributory employment and support allowance, or new style jobseeker's allowance - unless they get universal credit.

From BBC • May 25, 2023

It replaces six benefits - income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, housing benefit, child tax credit and working tax credit - and merges them into one payment:

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2019

Jobless and estranged from his son in the Shropshire countryside, he lived simply, foraging for food, claiming jobseeker’s allowance and watching the seasons change.

From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2018

Or, more likely, you’ll be leading yourself and I’ll be claiming jobseeker’s allowance.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2015

And then he had his jobseeker's allowance stopped.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2014