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(16) In addition, employment is suitable unless the household member involved demonstrates or the social services district otherwise becomes aware that:
(i) the degree of risk to health and safety is unreasonable;
(ii) medical evidence or other reliable information documents that the individual is physically or mentally unfit to perform the job;
(iii) the employment offered is not within the individual's major field of experience; however, this provision only applies during the first 30 days after the date of registration;
(iv) the distance from the individual's home to the place of employment is unreasonable. In determining reasonability, the social services district shall consider the expected wage and the time and cost of commuting. Employment must not be considered suitable if daily commuting time exceeds two hours per day, not including the time involved in transporting of a child to and from a child care facility. Employment may also be considered unsuitable if the distance to the place of employment makes walking prohibitive and neither public nor private transportation is available;