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legitimate labor organization in order to be hired or to continue working ; • the work offered is at a site subject to a strike or lockout at the time of the offer unless the strike has been enjoined under Section 208 of the Labor-Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley) or unless an injunction has been issued under Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act • there is a reasonable risk to health and safety ; • the member is physically or mentally unfit to perform the employment as documented by medical evidence or by reliable information from other sources; • the employment offered within the first 30 days of FSET work program participation is not in the group member's field of experience; or • the distance from the group member's home to the place of employment is unreasonable based on the expected wage and the time and cost of commuting; Daily commuting time must not exceed two hours per day, not including the transportation of a child to and from the child care facility. Employment also will not be considered suitable if the distance to the place of employment prohibits walking to the job site and both public and private transportation are unavailable for getting to the job site. • the working hours or nature of the employment interferes with the member's religious observance, convictions, or beliefs; and • accepting work may result in domestic violence (see Section 3.8: Domestic Violence in Part VIII) Example Mr. Taylor is a Sabbatarian and refuses to work on Saturday. His religious observance will not affect his eligibility, and he is not required to accept a job with Saturday hours.

Notice of Adverse Action for Voluntary Quit/Reducing Work Effort without Good Cause 1.9.5 BOTH If a determination of voluntary quit without good cause is made, a notice of adverse action shall be sent (see Chapter 10: Notice of Adverse Action in Part VIII). The sanction cannot be effective until at least 15 days after the date of the notice. VERIFICATION 1.10

Verification of Exemption from Work Activities 1.10.1

BOTH The exemption categories discussed in Section 1.6: Exemptions from Work Requirements in this Chapter require the following types of verification. If a person claims to be exempt by reason of employment or self-employment for at least 30 hours per week, verification of the amount of income received from such employment is sufficient to establish the exemption, provided the amount of income appears to be consistent with employment for 30 hours a week under the general conditions prevailing in the community. However, if the individual does not meet this test but still claims to be self-employed, then s/he must cooperate with the SSR in establishing that the income received from the self-employment