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103 (B) The employment offered is on a piece-rate basis and the average hourly yield the employee can reasonably be expected to earn is less than the applicable hourly wages specified under (A) above; (C) The household member, as a condition of employment or continuing employment, is required to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any legitimate labor organization. (D) The work offered is at a site subject to a strike or lockout at the time of the offer unless the strike has been enjoined under section 208 of the Labor-Management Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 78) (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act), or unless an injunction has been issued under section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160); or In addition, employment will be considered suitable unless the household member involved can demonstrate or the Agency otherwise becomes aware that: (E) The degree of risk to health and safety is unreasonable; (F) The member is physically or mentally unfit to perform the employment, as documented by medical evidence or by reliable information from other sources; (G) The employment offered within the first 30 days of registration is not in the member's major field of experience; (H) The distance from the member's home to the place of employment is unreasonable considering the expected wage and the time and cost of commuting. Employment will not be considered suitable if daily commuting time exceeds 2 hours per day, not including the transporting of a child to and from a child care facility. Nor will employment be considered suitable if the distance to the place of employment prohibits walking and neither public nor private transportation is available to transport the member to the jobsite; or (I) The working hours or nature of the employment interferes with the member's religious observances, convictions, or beliefs.

8 . 1 0 G O O D C A U S E F O R F A I L U R E T O C O M P L Y W I T H S N A P W O R K R E Q U I R E M E N T S The Agency is responsible for determining good cause when a SNAP recipient fails or refuses to comply with SNAP work requirements. The Agency must take into account the facts and circumstances, including information submitted by the employer and by the household member involved, in determining whether or not good cause exists. Good cause includes circumstances beyond the member's control, such as, but not limited to, illness, illness of another household member requiring the presence of the member, a household emergency, the unavailability of transportation, or the lack of adequate child care for children who have reached age six but are under age 12.