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C. Reasons for Applying VIEW Sanctions

The following are reasons for applying VIEW sanctions:

1) Failure to report for reassessments, job interviews or other required interviews;

2) Failure to actively participate in any VIEW component or activity or to complete requirements designated in the Agreement of Personal Responsibility or Activity and Service Plan, the local Employment Services Plan and State guidance. This includes failing or refusing to complete and/or return forms or provide other information by the required date;

3) Failure to accept bona fide job offers. A bona fide job offer is an actual job offer given in good faith without dishonesty, fraud or deceit. The job offer must:

a) not be beyond the physical or intellectual capabilities of the participant;

b) provide at least minimum wage or the prevailing wage for an occupation not covered by minimum wage standards;

c) not require travel time from the participant’s home to the jobsite that exceeds one hour each way, based on the transportation available to the participant.

4) Termination of employment without good cause. A sanction will be imposed in the following circumstances:

a) removal from a community work experience or public service program work site for misconduct or violation of employer rules governing the work site;

b) termination from unsubsidized or subsidized employment by the employer due to problems with attendance and/or performance or inappropriate behavior, without good cause;

c) non-participation for the assigned hours in a component other than FEP. Participants in FEP will only be sanctioned if the employer requests that the participant's placement be terminated;

d) quitting a job, refusing a bona fide offer of increased work hours, or requesting a reduction in work hours without good cause, including FEP.

D. Documentation Required for Failure to Report for Assessment, Reassessment, Job Interviews or Other Required Interviews;

1) Correspondence advising the participant of the scheduled interview. The required contents of this correspondence are described at 1000.8.

2) The Activity and Service Plan (unless the recipient fails to appear for assessment, or appears but refuses to participate in the assessment) identifying the VIEW activity to which the participant was assigned and any actions required by the participant.

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