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Volume IIA OMTL-497 SNAP Work Requirements R. 3/1/16 MS 4205 VOLUNTARY QUIT/REDUCTION (1) OF WORK HOURS IDENTIFICATION At application, recertification or case change when the worker becomes aware of a loss of employment, determine if the member subject to work registration quit a job. For applications, look back 30 days from the date of application. For active cases, review for job quits anytime during receipt of benefits. Voluntary quit does not apply if the member is exempt from work registration requirements. The SNAP household is allowed to change the work registration exemption for who is responsible for the care of a dependent child under age 6 at any time. Consider reduction of work hours to less than the equivalent of the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours per week, the same as voluntary quit. Use the same good cause criteria for both. A. To be considered a voluntary quit/reduction of work hours, the employment must meet the following criteria: 1. Involve 30 hours or more per week or provide earnings equivalent to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours per week; and 2. The quit was without good cause. Refer to MS 4250 for good cause criteria. B. Consider employees of a Federal, State or local government who participate in a strike against such government and are dismissed from the job due to participation in the strike, to have voluntarily quit a job without good cause. C. Consider contract employees, who choose not to renew their contract with terms comparable to those of a previous contract, although it is offered, to have voluntarily quit a job without good cause. D. Once a voluntary quit/reduction of work hours is verified, the work related disqualification is imposed based on system entries. E. Primary Wage Earner designation has no bearing on identification of voluntary quit/reduction of work hours. F. Do NOT consider the following changes in employment status as voluntary quit: 1. Termination of a self-employment enterprise; 2. Resignation of a job at the request of the employer; or 3. Loss of a job through no fault of their own if the job was obtained to cure a previous voluntary quit.