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105 8 . 1 1 V O L U N T A R Y Q U I T A N D R E D U C T I O N O F W O R K E F F O R T The Agency may need to establish if a voluntary quit without good cause or a reduction in work effort without good cause has occurred for an applicant or participating SNAP household. This determination must be made for any household member who is subject to SNAP work requirements (See Section 8.1 Work Requirements), and does not meet at least one of the exemptions from SNAP work requirements, (See Section 8.2 Exemptions from Work Requirements).

(1) Individual ineligibility An individual is ineligible to participate in SNAP if 60 days before applying for SNAP benefits or at any time thereafter, the individual: (A) Voluntarily and without good cause quits a job of 30 hours a week or more; or (B) Reduces his or her work effort voluntarily and without good cause and, after the reduction, is working less than 30 hours per week. (2) Voluntary quit provision The voluntary quit provision applies if the employment involved 30 hours or more per week or provided weekly earnings at least equivalent to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours; the quit occurred within a period of 60 days prior to the date of application or anytime thereafter; and the quit was without good cause. • Changes in employment status that result from terminating a self-employment enterprise or resigning from a job at the demand of the employer will not be considered a voluntary quit for purposes of this section. • An employee of the Federal Government, or of a State or local government who participates in a strike against such government and is dismissed from his or her job because of participation in the strike, will be considered to have voluntarily quit his or her job without good cause. • If an individual quits a job, secures new employment at comparable wages or hours and is then laid off or, through no fault of his own, loses the new job, the individual must not be disqualified for the earlier quit. (3) Reduction of work effort provision

The reduction of work effort provision applies if, before the reduction, the individual was employed 30 hours or more per week; the reduction occurred within a period of 60 days prior to the date of application or anytime thereafter; and the reduction was voluntary and without good cause. If the individual reduces his or her work hours to less than 30 a week, but continues to earn weekly wages that exceed the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours, the individual remains exempt from SNAP work requirements, in accordance with Section 8.2 Exemptions from Work Requirements (D), and the reduction in work effort provision does not apply.