Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 659 - GENERAL ASSISTANCE (GA) › Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS › Section 17-659-18 - Determination of good cause for a dependent adult subject to work requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) The applicant
				  or recipient shall be responsible to provide the necessary verification to
				  establish good cause for refusing or leaving employment or work training. The
				  department may contact the applicant's or recipient's last employer or
				  prospective employer to corroborate good cause.
(b) The department shall consider
				  circumstances beyond the dependent adult's control in determining whether there
				  was good cause. Examples of circumstances beyond the dependent adult's control
				  include, but is not limited to:
(1) There was
				  discrimination by the employer based upon age, race, sex, color, handicap,
				  religious belief, national origin, or political beliefs as evidenced by the
				  dependent adult's formal appeal made to the proper federal or state agencies
				  administering equal employment opportunity practices;
(2) The employment or training violated
				  health and safety laws and regulations which were detrimental to the dependent
				  adult's health and safety as established by the state department of labor and
				  industrial relations (DLIR);
(3)
				  Employment activities were detrimental to the dependent adult's health. Medical
				  documentation to substantiate the detriment shall be provided;
(4) The wages offered were less than or were
				  reduced to below the state minimum wage;
(5) The conditions or demands of the job,
				  such as not being paid, or not being paid on time, made continued employment
				  unreasonable and the matter was reported to the DLIR;
(6) The dependent adult left the job to
				  accept a definite and firm offer of employment elsewhere as evidenced by a
				  letter of confirmation revealing the:
(A)
				  Name of the employer or the representative of the employer who made the
				  offer;
(B) Address or telephone
				  number of the employer; and
(C)
				  Verified statement from the employer of the actual job offer. When the
				  employment does not subsequently materialize because of circumstances beyond
				  the dependent adult's control, this reason shall be considered good
				  cause;
(7) The
				  resignation of the dependent adult was recognized by the employer as retirement
				  and is substantiated by the receipt or pending receipt of retirement or pension
				  benefits;
(8) The employment or
				  training was beyond the dependent adult's mental or physical capacity, as
				  mutually determined by the employer and the dependent adult. If the dependent
				  adult was determined as being physically capable of doing the work by the
				  employer, but the dependent adult disagrees, the dependent adult shall provide
				  a medical statement to verify physical inability to do the job;
(9) Daily commuting time exceeds two hours
				  per day. Good cause shall exist when both public and private means of
				  transportation are unavailable in getting to the job site;
(10) The dependent adult's parent, spouse or
				  child was severely ill and such illness required the dependent adult's presence
				  when no other care arrangements were feasible;
(11) A pregnant dependent adult leaves work
				  on the advice of a physician and presents medical verification;
(12) The self-employment business was not
				  producing an amount equivalent to the state minimum wage after business
				  expenses were subtracted from the gross income; or
(13) The dependent adult left a job to move
				  with the family where the spouse was offered or found full-time
				  employment.