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SNAP CERTIFICATION MANUAL – SECTION 3000 3411 Good Cause

3400 Mandatory Employment & Training (E&T) • A household emergency (this could include house fire, disaster or hospitalization of a household member that requires the individual to care for them. These are only examples and not an exhaustive list.) • Illness • Lack of transportation • Lack of adequate childcare for children between six (6) years of age and twelve (12) years of age • When agency determines that there is not an appropriate and available opening with the E&T program to accommodate the individual Under no circumstances will an individual subject to the General Work Requirement be required to accept or be penalized for failure to accept or continue employment that is determined unsuitable. The case record must contain documentation of the reason the employment was determined unsuitable. Employment will be considered unsuitable if: 1. The wages are less than the highest of: • The applicable Federal minimum wage; or • The applicable State minimum wage; or • Eighty percent (80%) of the Federal minimum wage if neither the Federal nor State minimum wage is applicable 2. The employment offered is on a piece-rate basis and the hourly yield the employee can reasonably be expected to earn is less than the applicable hourly wages specified above 3. The individual, either to be hired or to continue employment, is required to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any legitimate labor organization. This applies to situations where the prospective employer specifically prohibits membership, and to situations where the individual will not be able to retain his union membership if a nonunion job is accepted. A union member can be required to accept full-time, nonunion employment if he or she will not be dropped from the union rolls as a result or if he or she voluntarily drops his or her union membership. 4. The employment offer is located at a site subject to a strike or a lockout at the time of the offer. This does not apply when the strike has been enjoined under S208 of the Labor Management Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 78, commonly known as the Taft Hartly Act), or when an injunction has been issued under Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160). Any other employment offered to a particular individual will be considered suitable unless an individual can demonstrate, or the local office otherwise becomes aware that: • The degree of risk to health and safety is unreasonable • The individual is physically or mentally incapacitated (as established by documentary medical evidence or other documented and reliable information) to perform the employment