702 County Department Responsibilities

The county department shall 1. Register for work each member not exempt (Section 701, A.), using the DHR-WR-1802A. Upon determining an applicant or a member of the applicant’s household is required to register, explain to the applicant: a) The pertinent work requirements, which may include, but are not limited to:  Report for an interview upon the reasonable request of the appropriate State Employment Service Office or employment and training program.  Respond to a request from the State Employment Service Office or Employment and Training Program for supplemental information regarding employment status or availability for work.  Report to an employer to whom referred by the State Employment Service Office or employment and training program, if the potential employment meets the suitability requirements (see Suitable Employment).  Accept a bona fide offer of suitable employment to which referred by the State Employment Service Office or the employment and training program. b) The rights and responsibilities of work registered household members. c) The consequences of failure to comply. 2. Provide a written statement (Work Registrant Rights and Responsibilities) for each work registrant in the household. a) This statement shall also be provided when a previously exempt member or new household member becomes subject to the work requirement. b) This statement shall also be provided for each work registrant at recertification. 3. Permit the applicant to complete a form for each household member required to register. Household members are considered to have registered when: a) An identifiable work registration form has been completed and filed in the record. At certification, the work registration form will be submitted to the Employment Service in counties containing this program and services. b) The registration is otherwise annotated or recorded by the county department in counties with whom the State has no contract with Alabama Department of Industrial Relations to provide services through the local Employment Service office. Coding the PSD-BFA-1139 with the work registration code satisfies the above requirement. The county department shall inform the household that refusal by any member required to work register or accept an offer of suitable employment may result in sanctions against the individual. 4. Take appropriate action within ten working days after learning of noncompliance. Counties should ensure that the lines of communication between the units responsible for certification and the units responsible for the employment and training program be efficient and that noncompliance be reported within ten working days after such noncompliance is determined.