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Volume III | Chapter 3 3933 1. Individual voluntarily quit his/her employment, without good cause; or 2. Individual was terminated by the employer as a direct result of personal action(s) committed by the individual, without good cause, e.g., disruptive behavior, inappropriate conduct or language, absenteeism (to include absence caused by the loss or lack of transportation), tardiness, etc.; or 3. Individual voluntarily reduces his/her work hours for any job of 20 or more hours per week, without good cause. At the time of application, the worker shall explain to the applicant the consequences for committing a voluntary quit violation, without good cause. (Refer to Chapter 3, Ending a Voluntary Quit Provision Penalty/Disqualification, for information regarding compliance.) An employee of the Federal, State or local government who engages in a strike against the government which results in dismissal from that job shall be treated as a voluntarily quit violation, without good cause. However, changes in employment status that result from involuntarily reducing hours of employment while working for the same employer, terminating a self-employment enterprise, or resigning from a job at the demand of an employer will not be considered as a voluntary quit for purposes of this provision. If an individual quits a job, reduces his/her work hours, or is terminated by the employer as a direct result of personal action(s), e.g., disruptive behavior, inappropriate conduct or language, absenteeism (to include absence caused by the loss or lack of transportation), tardiness, etc., committed by the individual, then gets a new job at comparable wages or hours and then is laid-off or, through no fault of his own loses the new job, the earlier quit will not be considered as a basis for disqualification. EXCEPTION: An individual meeting a work program exemption will be excluded from the voluntary quit provision. However, an exempt individual who chooses to be referred to the TWP as an exempt volunteer (EV) or who voluntarily waives his/her exemption status and is referred to the TWP as a nonexempt (NE) participant will not be excluded from the voluntary quit provision if he/she commits a voluntary quit violation while participating in the TWP, without good cause. Refer to Chapter 3, Exempt Individuals and Waiver of Exemption Status, for additional information.

MISSISSIPPI [NON-FINANCIAL CRITERIA: TANF WORK PROGRAM]

Revised 11-01-17