Good Cause for Voluntary Quit and Suitable Employment

The local office is responsible for determining good cause when a non-exempt individual appears to have voluntarily quit or failed to accept an offer of suitable employment. Good cause and/or lack of good cause must be clearly documented in the case file. Good cause for voluntary quit includes circumstances beyond the household member’s control, such as, but not limited to: A. Discrimination by an employer based on age, race, sex, color, handicap, religious beliefs, national origin or political beliefs; B. Work demands or conditions that render continued employment unreasonable, such as working without being paid on schedule; C. Acceptance by the individual of employment; or enrollment of at least half-time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education, that requires the individual to leave employment; D. Acceptance by any other household member of employment or enrollment at least half-time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education in another county or political subdivision which requires the household to move and thereby requires the individual to leave employment; E. Resignations by persons under the age of sixty (60) that are recognized by the employer as retirement; F. Resignation from employment that does not meet suitable employment; G. Because of circumstances beyond the control of the individual, accepted full time employment subsequently either does not materialize or results in employment of less than thirty (30) hours a week or weekly earning of less than the federal minimum wage multiplied by thirty (30) hours; H. Leaving a job in connection with patterns of employment in which workers frequently move from one employer to another, such as migrant farm labor or construction work, even though employment at the new site has not actually begun; I. Illness of the individual; J. Illness of another household member requiring the presence of the individual; K. A household emergency; L. Unavailability of transportation; M. Employer demands a reduction in participant’s work effort or salary through no fault of the employee; and N. Lack of adequate child care for children who have reached age 6 but are under age 12.