South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 67 - Department of Social Services › Article 67:10 - Temporary assistance to needy families › Chapter 67:10:06 - Work provisions › Section 67:10:06:27 - Good cause for terminating employment or reducing hours of employment

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Good cause criteria for voluntarily leaving employment or reducing
	 hours of employment include the following:
(1) Employment was less than 20 hours a week
  or the equivalent of 20 hours a week at the federal minimum wage;
(2) After voluntarily reducing earned income,
  the hours of employment were at least 30 hours a week;
(3) After voluntarily terminating employment
  because the individual is enrolled in a post-secondary educational
  program;
(4) Continued employment
  or continuing to work full-time presents a hazard to the individual's
  health;
(5) After accepting
  employment, the employer required the individual to relocate the individual's
  residence to hold the job;
(6)
  After accepting employment, the degree of risk to health and safety is
  unreasonable;
(7) After accepting
  employment, the working hours or nature of the employment interferes with the
  individual's religious observations, convictions, and beliefs;
(8) Termination of the individual's
  business;
(9) Resignation at the
  demand of the employer if the reason for the demanded resignation is beyond the
  control of the individual;
(10) The
  individual terminated employment or reduced hours of employment to accept
  another job that later did not materialize or became unsuitable for one of the
  reasons contained in §
									67:10:06:26. The fact the job did
  not materialize must have been beyond the control of the individual;
(11) The reason for terminating employment or
  reducing hours of employment was beyond the individual's control, such as
  illness, lack of transportation, household emergency, or inadequate child care.
  The individual must document that an attempt was made to resolve the problems
  and the problems were truly beyond the individual's control;
(12) While on layoff from the individual's
  regular job, the individual accepted employment which was terminated so the
  individual could return to the regular job;
(13) After accepting employment, the
  employer's demands or working conditions made continued employment
  unreasonable, such as the employer paying late or demonstrating a substantial
  disregard of the standards of behavior that the individual has a right to
  expect;
(14) The employer
  discriminated against the individual;
(15) The individual terminated employment to
  accept other employment that was comparable in salary or hours to the
  employment terminated;
(16) After
  accepting employment, the individual is required to join or to resign from or
  refrain from joining a legitimate labor organization; and
(17) The individual's resignation from
  employment was recognized by the employer as retirement.
Before an individual terminates employment or reduces hours of
	 employment, the individual must notify the department. If the individual fails
	 to notify the department, the department may not grant good
	 cause.
General Authority:
SDCL
		28-7A-3(1)(2)(3)(4),
		28-7A-10,
		28-7A-11,
		28-7A-24.
Law Implemented:
SDCL
		28-7A-3(1)(2)(3)(4),
		28-7A-10,
		28-7A-11,
		28-7A-20.