Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security › Chapter DCF 101 - Wisconsin Works › Section DCF 101.20 - Determination of good cause

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GOOD CAUSE
				CIRCUMSTANCES. The FEP shall determine if a W-2 employment participant had good
				cause for not complying with the W-2 participation requirements or for failing
				to appear in person or by representative at a scheduled review under s.
				49.152(2),
				Stats. No good cause shall exist unless the participant provides timely
				notification of the good cause reason to the FEP. Good cause shall be any of
				the following circumstances:
(a) A required
				court appearance, including a required court appearance for a victim of
				domestic abuse.
(b) Necessary child
				care is unavailable and the W-2 agency is unable to provide child care or refer
				the participant to alternate child care arrangements.
(c) Lack of transportation with no reasonable
				alternative, as determined by the FEP. In determining the reasonableness of
				transportation alternatives, the FEP shall consider the length of the
				participant's commute, participant safety, the cost of the transportation
				relative to the participant's income, and other relevant factors.
(d) Participant or W-2 group member's
				illness, injury, disability, or incapacity.
(e) Accommodations that have been determined
				necessary in a formal assessment are not available to allow the participant to
				complete the assigned activity.
(f)
				Conflict with another assigned W-2 activity or job search attempts.
(g) Inclement weather that impedes
				transportation or travel.
(h)
				School emergency.
(i) Domestic
				violence issues.
(j) Observance of
				a religious holiday.
(k) Routine
				medical or school appointments that cannot be scheduled at times other than
				during assigned activities.
(l)
				Child's school holiday, excluding summer break.
(m) Any day that the worksite or training
				site is closed due to a site-specific holiday.
(n) Death in the participant's immediate
				family. For purposes of this paragraph:
1.
				"Immediate family" means a participant's spouse, nonmarital co-parent,
				step-parent, grandparent, foster parent, child, step-child, grandchild, foster
				child, brother and his spouse, sister and her spouse, aunt, uncle, son-in-law,
				daughter-in-law, cousin, niece and nephew of the participant or the
				participant's spouse or nonmarital co-parent, and other relatives of the
				participant or the participant's spouse or nonmarital co-parent if these other
				relatives reside in the same household as the participant.
2. A participant may be granted good cause
				for no more than 3 business days if only local travel is necessary to attend
				the funeral services. A participant may be granted good cause for no more than
				7 business days if long-distance travel is required to attend the funeral
				services. In general, the good cause period may not exceed the week following
				the death of a member of the participant's immediate family, but the FEP may
				lengthen the timeframe for good cause depending upon individual
				circumstances.
(o) Other
				circumstances beyond the control of the participant, but only as determined by
				the FEP. The FEP shall consider what a reasonable employer may allow under its
				absence policy and hardships that make completing activities and notifying the
				agency of missed activities more difficult for W-2 participants.