in some situations such as voluntarily quitting a job a large number of oecd countries impose an extended waiting period before benefits can start or in some cases complete disqualification from the benefit in countries with unlimited duration of benefit entitlements a termination of entitlement may not be possible but in the united kingdom a loss of benefit for up three years may apply for repeat offences oecd a there is some expectation that additional requirements will apply if skilled and employable jobseekers do not fairly quickly find work by their own efforts