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Subject: SNAP Work Requirements

Policy 24.11 Date of Last Review: 11/30/2023 Effective Date: 03/01/2023 Date of Next Review: 11/30/2026 RDA: SW22 Page 6 of 19 4. The eligibility counselor must deregister an individual from work registration when the individual: a. was registered but later the application was actually denied; or b. has a work program sanction or fails to comply with a work program requirement; or c. if TDLWD is unable to place that individual into a suitable work activity (see also Employment and Training (E&T) Provider Determinations in the SNAP Work Requirements Procedure Manual for more info); or d. obtains a job working thirty (30) hours per week or have earnings equal to federal minimum wage times thirty (30); or e. leaves assistance; or f. becomes otherwise exempt. Work Registrant’s Responsibilities Currently Tennessee is operating under a Voluntary E&T program. If the state returns to a mandatory program, then mandatory work registrants must: 1. participate in an employment and training program if assigned to mandatory E&T by the department; 2. respond to a request for supplemental information regarding employment status or availability for work; 3. report to an employer when referred by the TDLWD as long as the potential employment meets the suitability requirements ―Unsuitable Employment; and 4. accept a bona fide offer of employment unless the employment is unsuitable (See the section below for Unsuitable Employment). Unsuitable Employment Any employment will be considered unsuitable if: 1. The wage offered is less than eighty (80%) percent of the federal minimum wage; 2. The training wage shall be substituted for the minimum wage for persons under age twenty (20) receiving the training wage mandated by the FLSA. This is limited to a ninety (90) day period; 3. The employment offered is on a piece-rate basis, and the average hourly yield the employee reasonably can expect to earn is less than the applicable hourly wages specified above; 4. The household member is required to join, resign from, or refrain from joining any legitimate labor organization; 5. 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 (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act), or unless an injunction has been issued under Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act;