Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 09 - Labor, Department of › Rule 09.01.30 - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION RULES › Section 09.01.30.475 - REFUSAL OF WORK/FAILURE TO APPLY

Current through August 31, 2023
Ref. Sec. 72-1366(6), (7), Idaho Code. (3-23-22)
01.
Citizenship or Residency
			 Requirements
. An employer's restrictions on citizenship or residency is
			 deemed good cause for a claimant's failure to apply for available work if he
			 does not meet the requirements. (3-23-22)
02.
Claimant Conduct
. A claimant
			 who, by his conduct, causes an employer to withdraw an offer of suitable work
			 or terminate the offer after the claimant has accepted it is ineligible.
			 (3-23-22)
03.
Claimant
			 Responsibility
. A claimant has the responsibility to apply for and
			 accept suitable work. (3-23-22)
04.
Conscientious Objection
. A claimant may refuse employment that
			 requires him to work on his Sabbath if his religious convictions do not permit
			 him to work on that day. (3-23-22)
05.
Employer Requirements
.
			 Claimants are expected to comply with reasonable, lawful requirements that are
			 typical of certain occupations, such as a requirement that a worker be bonded.
			 Unreasonable requirements by employers will not be used as a basis to deny
			 benefits. However, a claimant must have good cause to refuse or fail to meet an
			 employer's reasonable, lawful employment requirements to be eligible for
			 benefits. (3-23-22)
06.
Failure to Report
. A claimant who fails to report to the
			 Department when so directed, fails to follow explicit instructions for applying
			 for suitable, available work, or fails to report to work after accepting
			 employment, without good cause, is ineligible. Ref. Sec. 72-1366(2), (6), Idaho
			 Code. (3-23-22)
07.
Failure
			 to Return to Work After Layoff.
A claimant who has been laid off, but
			 fails to return to work on the date specified by the employer at the time of
			 layoff or fails to respond to a callback after a layoff, will be considered to
			 have refused an offer of work if the ongoing employment relationship is severed
			 as a result. If the claimant declines work with the employer but the ongoing
			 employment relationship is not severed as a result, the claimant's availability
			 for work will be examined, but the claimant will not be considered to have
			 refused an offer of work under Sections
			 72-1366(6) or
			 (21)(a)(ii)(A), Idaho Code.
			 (3-23-22)
08.
Government
			 Requirements
. A claimant who cannot meet government requirements within
			 a reasonable period of time has good cause for refusing that opportunity to
			 work. (3-23-22)
09.
Moral
			 Objections
. A claimant is not ineligible for failing to apply for or
			 accept employment if the claimant has reasonable, serious objections to the
			 work or the workplace on moral or ethical grounds. (3-23-22)
10.
Offer of Work
. A claimant
			 whose unemployment is due to his failure without good cause to accept
			 available, suitable work is ineligible. The job offer must have been genuine
			 and known to the claimant. (3-23-22)
11.
Part-Time Work
. A claimant
			 must be available for and willing to accept suitable part-time work in the
			 absence of suitable full-time work. (3-23-22)
12.
Personal Circumstances
. To
			 have good cause to refuse to apply for or accept available, suitable work
			 because of personal circumstances, a claimant must show that his circumstances
			 were so compelling that a reasonably prudent individual would have acted in the
			 same manner under the same circumstances. (3-23-22)
13.
Prospect of More Suitable
			 Work
. A claimant is not ineligible for failing to accept employment if
			 he has excellent prospects for more suitable work with his former employer or
			 in his regular occupation. (3-23-22)
14.
Suitable Work
. Every
			 claimant has the right to restrict his availability to suitable work.
			 (3-23-22)
15.
Travel
			 Distance
. A claimant is not ineligible if the travel distance to
			 available work is excessive or unreasonable. A claimant is ineligible if he
			 fails to apply for and accept suitable work within a commuting area similar to
			 other workers in his area and occupation. (3-23-22)