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7 AAC 45.261. Good cause: employment, FSSP, work activity, income reduction. (a) For the purposes of determining “good cause” under AS 47.27.015(c) (refusal of or voluntary separation from suitable employment), AS 47.27.085(a) (failure to comply with a condition of the FSSP under AS 47.27.030 and failure to participate in work activities under AS 47.27.035), and 7 AAC 45.495(a) (reduction of income), the following circumstances may constitute good cause:

(1) the recipient is a single parent of a child under age six years and child care is not appropriate or available, as specified in AS 47.27.035 and defined in 7 AAC 45.260;

(2) participation would interfere with the recipient’s attempt, or the attempt by a member of the recipient’s immediate family, to escape domestic violence or its escalation;

(3) the limited strength and stamina of a recipient over age 59;

(4) a sudden and temporary situation beyond the control of the family, affecting health of a member or ability to comply, including family illness or death or tragedies of nature;

(5) the recipient must appear in court or serve on a jury;

(6) is in detention under AS 47.12.240 or incarcerated;

(7) necessary transportation breaks down or otherwise becomes unavailable, and the recipient lacks a reasonable alternative;

(8) weather conditions prohibit travel;

(9) the recipient accepts a job with gross wages and employee benefits equal to or greater than those at the job left;

(10) the recipient is separated from paid employment for a reason outside the recipient’s control and not due to the recipient’s action or inaction;

(11) the recipient’s wages are reduced for a reason outside the recipient’s control and not due to the recipient’s action or inaction;

(12) the job is available because of a labor dispute or is otherwise involved in a labor dispute;

(13) the work is more hazardous to the individual than to the average worker employed in a similar job;

(14) the wages do not meet the Alaska minimum wage requirement;

(15) the recipient cares for the recipient’s child under 17 weeks of age;

(16) the recipient has been subjected to discrimination, in violation of AS 18.80.220;