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No. 133 Page 13 of 26 2022

VT LEG #363612 v.1 Commissioner shall establish by rule criteria for jobs that must be accepted if offered, including the criterion that each job must pay at least minimum wage. (2) A participating adult who had wages in the three months prior to his or her application for financial assistance that, when annualized, equal or exceed 150 percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the participating adult’s family shall not be required to accept employment with annualized earnings of less than 150 percent of the federal poverty level applicable to the participating adult’s family for the three-month period after being deemed eligible for financial assistance, provided that the participant: (A) has not been disqualified within the prior six months from receiving unemployment compensation benefits for failing, without good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work when so directed by the employment office or the Commissioner of Labor, or to accept suitable work when offered; (B) is not sanctioned within the three-month period immediately following being deemed eligible for financial assistance; (C) does not leave an unsubsidized job without good cause within the three-month period immediately following being deemed eligible for financial assistance; (D) follows through in a satisfactory manner on all referrals to employment opportunities;