Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 50 - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program › Subchapter 5 - Non-Financial Eligibility Criteria › Part 9 - WORK REGISTRATION › Section 340:50-5-92 - Good cause determination for voluntary quit or reduction in work effort

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
When the worker determines a non-exempt adult household
					 member voluntarily quit his or her employment or reduced his or her work
					 effort, the worker must determine if he or she had good cause for doing so. The
					 worker uses information provided by the household member and the employer to
					 determine if the voluntary quit or reduction in work effort is with good cause.
					 Per Section 273.7(i) of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations
					 (7 C.F.R. §
											273.7(i)) , good cause for
					 leaving employment or reducing work effort includes:
(1) discrimination by an employer based on
				  age, race, sex, color, disability, religious beliefs, national origin, or
				  political beliefs;
(2) work demands
				  or conditions that render continued employment unreasonable, such as working
				  without being paid on schedule;
(3)
				  an adult household member's acceptance of other employment or enrollment at
				  least half-time in any recognized school, training program, or institution of
				  higher education, that requires the household member to leave
				  employment;
(4) any other household
				  member's acceptance of other employment or enrollment at least half-time in any
				  recognized school, training program, or institution of higher education in
				  another county or area that requires the household to move and thereby requires
				  another adult household member to leave employment;
(5) resignations by persons under 60 years of
				  age that are recognized by the employer as retirement;
(6) employment that becomes unsuitable after
				  the acceptance of such employment because it no longer meets the criteria of
				  suitable employment per
				  7
				  C.F.R. §
											273.7(h) and
				  Oklahoma Administrative Code
				  340:50-5-85(c);
(7) leaving employment after accepting a bona
				  fide employment offer of more than 30 hours a week or in which the weekly
				  earnings are equivalent to the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours
				  because the agreed upon work hours or weekly earnings do not
				  materialize;
(8) leaving a job in
				  connection with employment patterns in which workers frequently move from one
				  employer to another, such as migrant farm labor or construction work. There may
				  be some circumstances where households apply for food benefits between jobs,
				  particularly in cases where work may not yet be available at the new job site.
				  When employment at the new job site has not started, the voluntary quit is
				  considered with good cause when it is part of this employment pattern; or
(9) circumstances beyond the
				  person's control, such as, but not limited to:
(A) illness;
(B) illness of another household member
				  requiring the registrant's presence;
(C) unavailability of transportation;
(D) lack of adequate child care
				  for children who are between 6 and 12 years of age; or
(E) a household emergency.