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Title 7: SNAP Page 34 Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Employees’ Manual Chapter C: Nonfinancial Eligibility Work Registration Revised September 27, 2024 Work Requirements for MWRs  An employee of the federal, state, or local government is fired because of participating in a strike against the employer. Good cause provisions do not apply to this situation. Comment: It is not a voluntary quit when a person:  Terminates a self-employment enterprise.  Resigns at the demand of the employer.  Does not reenlist in the military. Reduction in Work Effort Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.7(j) Policy: Mandatory work registrants are not eligible for SNAP when they voluntarily and without good cause reduce their work effort to working less than 30 hours a week. This policy applies to both employed and self-employed individuals. Procedure: Do not apply this policy to jobs that provided less than 30 hours of work per week before the reduction. Do not use the minimum wage equivalency to determine the number of hours a person works for the purpose of applying this policy. It is not a reduction in work effort when a person reduces hours of work:  But not to less than 30 hours per week, or  At the demand of the employer, or  To less than 30 hours per week on a temporary basis. A person may temporarily reduce hours of work for reasons like vacation or personal business. Disqualification for MWR Work Violations Legal reference: 7 CFR 273.7(f) Policy: Mandatory work registrants are not eligible when within 30 days before the date of applying, after applying, or while certified for SNAP benefits, they without good cause:  Voluntarily quit a job. See Voluntary Quit for what constitutes a voluntary quit.  Voluntarily commit a reduction in work effort. See Reduction in Work Effort to determine if a reduction in hours of work is a reduction in work effort. Procedure: Apply a penalty only to the person who committed the violation. For the appropriate penalty, see Disqualification Periods. If acting on an application, do not delay benefits beyond the normal application processing times solely to determine a possible voluntary quit or a reduction in work effort.