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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 15
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 77 Chapter 15 Noncitizens, Refugees, and Citizenship
• No individual shall be required to accept employment if the position offered is vacant due to a strike, lockout, or other bona fide labor dispute. • The individual shall be required to work for an employer contrary to his existing membership in the union governing the occupation. However, employment not governed by the rules of a union in which he has membership may be deemed appropriate. • Assignments shall not be made that are discriminating in terms of age, sex, race, color, national origin, handicap, religion, or political belief. • The job or training assignment must be related to the physical and mental capability of the individual to perform the task on a regular basis. • Total daily commuting time roundtrip shall not normally exceed two hours, not including the transportation of a child to and from a childcare facility, unless a longer commuting time and distance is normally accepted in the community. • The work or training site must not be in violation of applicable federal, State, and local health and safety standards. 15.8.7.D English as a Second Language Training If the refugee or asylee is employed less than 100 hours per month, he must accept part-time English language training to be eligible for refugee assistance. RRIS will see to the availability of this training. It will be the responsibility of the service provider, RRIS, to keep in touch with the refugee to determine if he is still participating in training. If the refugee/asylee has quit his English training, the service provider will then counsel the refugee to explain to him why it is important for the refugee to continue the training. After counseling, the service provider will determine if the refugee/asylee has good cause for not accepting the training. If the service provider determines that he has good cause, no penalty will be applied. If it is determined that good cause did not exist, the service provider will send a memorandum to the Worker, and the Worker will apply the appropriate action detailed in Chapter 14. 15.8.8 SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR REFUGEE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ONLY