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DETERMINATION OF VOLUNTARY QUIT: All of the following 3 conditions must occur in order for a quit to result in a penalty: 1. The quit must have occurred either: a. Applicant- within 30 days of the date of application. b. Recipient- while receiving SNAP. 2. There must have been an actual voluntary quit. The following are NOT considered a quit: a. A reduction in hours is not a quit. b. Terminating self-employment is not a voluntary quit. c. If the former employer says the individual was fired, it was not a voluntary quit. Exceptions: i. If the individual was fired for not showing up for work it is considered a quit. ii. An employee of the Federal, State or local government who is on strike against his employer and is fired because of the strike has voluntarily quit without good cause. d. A change from one job to another job that is comparable in hours or salary is not a quit. e. Resigning from a job at the demand of an employer is not a quit. Verify the demand with the employer. 3. There was not good cause for the voluntary quit. There is no penalty if there was good cause for quitting. See section on good cause later in this policy. GOOD CAUSE FOR VOLUNTARY QUIT OR REDUCTION IN HOURS: Good cause determination will be based on the facts and circumstances, including information submitted by the household member involved and the employer. Good cause includes circumstances beyond the individual’s control. Reasons for good cause are listed below: 1. Illness of the individual or another household member requiring the presence of the individual in the home. 2. A household emergency. 3. The lack of adequate child care for children who have reached age 6 but are under age 12. 4. Discrimination by an employer based on age, race, sex, color, handicap, national origin, or religious or political beliefs. 5. Work demands or conditions that are not reasonable, such as working without being paid on schedule. 6. Accepting other employment or enrolling at least half-time in any recognized school training program or institution of higher education that requires the individual to leave employment. 7. Acceptance by any other household member of employment or enrollment at least half-time in any recognized school, training program or institution of higher education in another geographic area that requires the household to move and thereby requires the individual to leave employment. 8. Resignations by persons under the age of 60 which are recognized by the employer as retirement. 9. Leaving a job in connection with patterns of employment in which workers often move from one employer to another, such as migrant farm labor or construction work. 10. The job is not suitable as described below: