10:87-10.19 Ending disqualification for noncompliance with employment and training requirements

(a) Except in cases of permanent disqualification, at the end of the disqualification period for noncompliance with the work registration or employment and training requirements, participation may resume if the disqualified individual applies again and is determined by the CSSA to be in compliance with work requirements, in accordance with (c) below. 1. If the disqualification period should lapse and, upon reapplication, the individual again refuses to comply with the work registration and/or work and training requirements, his or her disqualification shall continue. (b) A disqualified individual shall be permitted to resume participation during the disqualification period (if otherwise eligible) by becoming exempt from work requirements. (c) Eligibility may be re-established after a disqualification period has expired, and the individual shall, if otherwise eligible, be permitted to resume participation if he or she complies as follows: 1. Registration by the individual who refused to register. 2. Compliance with the request from the CSSA, or the LWD office, to provide supplemental information regarding employment status or availability for work; 3. Reporting to that employer to whom referred by the NJ SNAP ETP worker if work is still available or to another employer to whom referred. 4. Acceptance of a bona fide offer of suitable employment to which referred by the NJ SNAP ETP worker, if still available to the participant, or securing other employment which yields earnings per week equivalent to the refused job, or securing employment of at least 30 hours per week or securing employment of less than 30 hours per week but with weekly earnings equal to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours. 5. Compliance with the NJ SNAP ETP component assignment or requirement or an alternate assignment or requirement. History HISTORY: Amended by R.1989 d.121, effective February 21, 1989. See: 20 N.J.R. 2689(a), 21 N.J.R. 511(b). This section was originally 3.21. Amended by R.1991 d.247, effective May 6, 1991. See: 23 N.J.R. 179(a), 23 N.J.R. 1412(b). In (b)4: added phrase ". . . or securing employment of less than 30 hours per week but . . .". Amended by R.1998 d.498, effective October 5, 1998. See: 30 N.J.R. 1928(a), 30 N.J.R. 3669(b). Rewrote the section. Recodified from N.J.A.C. 10:87-10.24 and amended by R.2004 d.181, effective May 17, 2004. See: 36 N.J.R. 28(a), 36 N.J.R. 2425(a). Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 10:87-10.19, Vocational/educational training component, recodified to N.J.A.C. 10:87-10.14. Amended by R.2007 d.129, effective May 7, 2007. See: 38 N.J.R. 4374(a), 39 N.J.R. 1719(a). In (c)2, substituted "LWD" for "DOL". Administrative change. See: 44 N.J.R. 1529(a).