305 ILCS 5/11-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 305 - PUBLIC AID|305 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Public Aid Code.|Article XI - General Provisions Pertaining To Rights And Responsibilities Of Applicants And Recipients

 (from Ch. 23, par. 11-20)Sec. 11-20. Employment registration; duty to accept employment. This  Section applies to employment and training  programs other than those for recipients of assistance under Article IV.(1) Each applicant or recipient and dependent member of  the family age 16 or over who is able to engage in employment and who is  unemployed, or employed for less than the full working time for the occupation  in which he or she is engaged, shall maintain a current registration for  employment or additional employment with the system of free public employment  offices maintained in this State by the State Department of Employment  Security under the Public Employment Office Act and shall utilize the job  placement  services and other facilities of such offices unless the Illinois  Department otherwise provides by rule for programs administered by the  Illinois Department.(2) Every person age 16 or over shall be deemed "able to engage in  employment", as that term is used herein, unless (a) the person has an  illness certified by the attending practitioner as precluding his or her  engagement in employment of any type for a time period stated in the  practitioner's certification; or (b) the person has a medically determinable  physical or mental impairment, disease or loss of indefinite duration and  of such severity that he or she cannot perform labor or services in any  type of gainful work which exists in the national economy, including work  adjusted for persons with physical or mental disabilities; or (c) the person  is among the classes of persons exempted by paragraph 5 of this Section.  A person described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of the preceding sentence  shall be classified as "temporarily unemployable". The Illinois Department  shall provide by rule for periodic review of the circumstances of persons  classified as "temporarily unemployable".(3) The Illinois Department shall provide through rules and regulations  for sanctions against applicants and recipients of aid under this Code  who fail or refuse to cooperate, without good cause, as defined by rule of  the Illinois Department, to accept a bona fide offer of employment in which  he or she is able to engage either in the community of the person's  residence or within reasonable commuting distance therefrom.The Illinois Department may provide by rule for the grant or continuation  of aid for a temporary period, if federal law or regulation so permits or  requires, to a person who refuses employment without good cause if he or  she accepts counseling or other services designed to increase motivation  and incentives for accepting employment.(4) Without limiting other criteria which the Illinois Department may  establish, it shall be good cause of refusal if(a) the wage does not meet applicable minimum wage     requirements,(b) there being no applicable minimum wage as     determined in (a), the wage is certified by the Illinois Department of Labor as being less than that which is appropriate for the work to be performed, or(c) acceptance of the offer involves a substantial     threat to the health or safety of the person or any of his or her dependents.(5) The requirements of registration and acceptance of employment shall  not apply (a) to a parent or other person needed at home  to provide personal care and supervision to a child or children unless,  in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department,  suitable arrangements have been or can be made for such care and  supervision  during the hours of the day the parent or other person is out of the home  because of employment; (b) to a person age 16 or over in regular attendance  in school, as defined in Section 4-1.1; or (c) to a person whose presence  in the home on a substantially continuous basis is required because of the  illness or incapacity of another member of the household.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)