PM 18-05-07-c: Good Cause for Job Quit

WAG 18-05-07-c

When the client claims good cause for quitting a job, document the reason for leaving the job in the case record. Good cause for quitting a job includes situations beyond the client's control, such as but not limited to:

the client's illness or illness of another unit member that requires the client's presence,
a lack of transportation to the job site,
a household emergency,
lack of adequate child care for a child under age 13,
an employer discriminates based on age, race, sex, color, handicap, religious beliefs, national origin, or political beliefs,
a job has work demands or conditions that make it unreasonable to continue (for example, is working and not being paid on schedule),
a person must quit their current job in order to accept a new job,
another unit member accepted a job in another county that requires that the family to move
a person's leaving of a job is a normal pattern for that type of work. Examples of a pattern of employment where workers frequently move from one employer to another are, migrant farm labor or construction work, or

the job is "unsuitable employment". A job is unsuitable if:

wages offered (including tips) are less than the state minimum wage,
wages are on a piecework basis and the amount the person can reasonably expect to earn is less than the minimum wage,
as a condition of employment, the person is required to: join, resign from, or refrain from joining any legal labor organization (this does not include being required to pay dues),
the job offered is subject to a strike or lockout at the time of the offer,
the job poses an unreasonable degree of risk to the person's health and safety,
the person is physically and mentally unable to do the work, or
Commuting time is more than 2 hours per day, not including travel to and from child care.