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Volume IIA OMTL-386 [SNAP Work Requirements] R. 5/1/11 MS 4300 EVALUATING ACCEPTABLE EMPLOYMENT (1) A good cause reason for voluntary quit or reduction in work hours can be due to unsuitable employment conditions. Use the following criteria: A. Consider employment unsuitable if the wage offered is less than the highest of the following: 1. The applicable Federal minimum wage; 2. The applicable State minimum wage; or 3. 80% of the Federal minimum wage if neither the Federal nor State minimum wage is applicable. The Federal or State minimum wage is not applicable when the following applies: a. Federal minimum wage - The retail business has less than $500,000.00 in sales annually; b. State minimum wage - The retail business has less than $95,000.00 in sales annually; or c. Federal or State minimum wage - The member is employed as a domestic, live in companion, or has odd job income, etc. B. Consider employment unsuitable if: 1. Offered on a piece-rate basis and the average hourly yield the employee can reasonably expect to earn is less than the applicable minimum wage; 2. The member is required to join, resign from or refrain from joining any legitimate labor organization as a condition of employment; or 3. 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 Act) or Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act. Eligible strikers are subject to regular work registration procedures. If the strike is enjoined under Section 208 of the Labor-Management Relations Act (Taft-Hartley Act) or if an injunction is issued under Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act and the striker refuses to return to work, the striker has failed to comply with the requirement of acceptance of suitable employment. C. Consider employment unsuitable if the household member involved can demonstrate or the worker otherwise becomes aware that: 1. The degree of risk to health and safety is unreasonable;