Of the 345,000 appointments made state-wide, 113,706 - or a third - were missed.

Tough new laws are expected to be debated in federal parliament today that could see no-show jobseekers cut off from welfare if they don't reschedule appointments with employment providers.

Australia-wide 12.75 million compulsory appointments with employment providers were scheduled and almost 4.5 million were not attended.

Assistant Employment Minister Luke Hartsuyker introduced the legislation into parliament last week, and said a no-show rate of 35 per cent was "simply not acceptable".

Mr Hartsuyker said the sheer volume of missed appointments created a huge red-tape burden for employment providers and added to their costs.

He said in return for income support, jobseekers were asked to attend appointments with employment providers to discuss job options and to review progress in finding work.

Youth Network of Tasmania chief executive Joanna Siejka said the legislation did not take into consideration the many personal and social barriers which may prevent a person from attending an appointment.

"Young people will be particularly affected if they have income support payments stopped when they do not attend a reconnection appointment," Ms Siejka said.

"When a young person is experiencing things such as family conflict, homelessness or mental health issues, it makes it very difficult for them to agree to an appointment time weeks in advance," she said.

"This means that some of our most vulnerable young people are at risk of losing their income support payments if they cannot attend appointments for reasons beyond their control," she said.

Ms Siejka said young people often found it difficult to get to appointments as they were more likely to rely on public transport or private transport which was not their own.

"Research has shown that these appointments can have very little benefit for young people seeking employment which may mean they are not prioritised among other commitments," she said.

Figures for September showed 17,900 people in the state were out of work, with 13,000 of them actively seeking employment.