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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 14
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 13 Chapter 14 Work Requirements
• Leaving a job of less than 30 hours per week. • Reduction in the number of hours of employment for the same employer, at the request of the employee, as long as after the reduction he is still employed 30 hours or more per week. • Termination of self-employment. • Resignation or termination from the employment at the demand of the employer for any reason, including lay-offs and firings. Even when the reason for firing is failure of the client to follow rules that the employer can reasonably expect to be followed, being fired is not of the client’s own volition and is not, therefore, a voluntary quit. See 14.4.1. • Leaving employment by a person who was exempt from work requirements at the time of the quit. See 14.4.1. • For applicants: The quit did not occur within the 60-day period prior to the date of application and/or did not involve the most recent job of at least 30 hours per week. • For clients: The quit did not involve the most recent job of at least 30 hours per week and/or the client is exempt from the work requirements at the time of the quit or at the time the voluntary quit is determined. 14.4.3 GOOD CAUSE FOR VOLUNTARY QUITS Once a determination is made that the client voluntarily quit, the Worker determines if the individual had good cause for leaving employment. Good cause for leaving employment includes: • Discrimination by the employer based on age, race, sex, color, disability, religious beliefs, national origin or political beliefs. • Work demands or conditions were unreasonable, such as, but not limited to, working without being paid on schedule. • Acceptance of employment by the individual, or enrollment by the individual at least half- time in any recognized school, training program or institution of higher learning on at least a half time basis, that requires the individual to leave employment. • Acceptance by other assistance group (AG) members of employment or enrollment of at least half-time in any recognized school, training program or institution of higher learning in another area which requires the AG to move and, thereby, requires the individual to leave employment.