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N.J.A.C. 10:90-4.11 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 56 No. 24, December 16, 2024

NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 90. WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER 4. WFNJ WORK REQUIREMENTS

§ 10:90-4.11 Good cause

(a) Good cause for failure to participate in WFNJ or refusal to accept or maintain employment shall be found if: 1. The mandatory WFNJ participant is certified by DFD to be physically or mentally unable to engage in an assigned WFNJ work requirement or to cooperate with a WFNJ program requirement; 2. The conditions of employment are a risk to the WFNJ individual's health and safety (subject to review and determination by the Division of Family Development); 3. Child care is needed and not available. (See N.J.A.C. 10:90-5.2, Supportive services, child care); or 4. The mandatory WFNJ participant is unable to engage in an assigned WFNJ work requirement or to cooperate with a WFNJ program requirement due to family violence. If noncompliance relates to family violence, the FVO Initiative procedures are to be followed (see N.J.A.C. 10:90-20). (b) Good cause for temporary excused participation from the WFNJ assigned work requirement or program requirement shall be limited to the following: 1. WFNJ participants shall be temporarily excused from participation if the WFNJ activity for which they are scheduled, as set forth in the IRP, is not available. Excused participation is to be reviewed once every week up to once every month, depending on the circumstances surrounding the reason for the excused participation. i. During the excused period, the WFNJ participant and the county or municipal agency worker shall be expected to continue to comply with the other terms of the IRP. ii. Another WFNJ activity, which is suitable for the participant and for which necessary supportive services are available, may be substituted as an alternative form of participation for that individual. 2. Absence from a particular day of employment or a WFNJ activity scheduled session shall be considered temporarily excused participation under the following circumstances (when the participant has notified his or her employer or an appropriate