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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FAMILY INVESTMENT ADMINISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) MANUAL WORK REGISTRATION Section 130 Page 14

130.20 Good Cause for Voluntary Quit Good cause for leaving employment includes the good cause provisions found in Section 130.13 and resigning from a job that does not meet the suitability criteria in Section 130.15. Good cause for leaving employment also includes:

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 make continued employment unreasonable, such as working without being paid on schedule.

C. Acceptance 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. The household needs to move, causing the individual to leave employment when a household member accepts employment or enrolls at least half time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education in another jurisdiction.

E. Resignations by persons under the age of 60 that are recognized by the employer as retirements.

F. Employment that becomes unsuitable by not meeting the criteria specified in Section 130.15 after acceptance of the employment.

G. Acceptance of a bona fide offer of employment of more than 30 hours a week or in which the weekly earnings are equivalent to the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours which, because of circumstances beyond the control of the wage earner, either does not materialize or results in employment of less than 30 hours a week or weekly earnings of less than the federal minimum wage multiplied by 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. There may be some circumstances where households will apply for SNAP benefits between jobs particularly in cases where work may not yet be available at a new ______________________________________________________________________ REVISED SEPTEMBER 2025