SUITABLE/UNSUITABLE WORK
ISSUE DATE: 11/2021
MFIP, DWP:
Work is unsuitable when:
● | The hourly gross wages are less than the federal or state minimum wage for that type of employment, whichever applies. See minimum wage figures in Temp Manual TE12.05 (Minimum Wage). |
● | The work is not within the client's physical and mental capacity. |
● | The work does not meet health and safety standards established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. |
● | There is discrimination at the work site on the basis of age, sex, race, creed, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, religion, or place of national origin. |
SNAP:
SNAP recipients subject to general work rules, as listed in 0028.07 (General Work Rules for SNAP), must accept a job offer unless it is not suitable for them, or they have good reason for not accepting the job. If you learn a recipient subject to general work rules does not accept a suitable job, you must determine if they had good reason. The job may be unsuitable or the recipient had good reason to not accept a suitable job. For more information on determining good cause see 0028.21 (Good Cause Non-Compliance – SNAP/MSA/GA/GRH). Reasons a job offer may be unsuitable or good reasons for not accepting a job include, but are not limited to:
● | The work is temporary day labor. |
● | The wages are less than the highest of: |
● | The person is required to do any of the following as a condition of employment: |
● | The work offered is at a site undergoing a strike or lockout. (Consider work offered at a site undergoing a strike or lockout as suitable if the court issues an injunction under Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act or the strike has been enjoined under the Taft-Hartley Act.). |
● | The degree of risk to health and safety is unreasonable when compared to federal, state, and local health and safety regulations. |
● | The person is physically or mentally unfit to perform the work as documented by medical evidence or by other reliable information. |
● | The work offered within the 1st 30 days of registration is not in the person's major field of experience. After 30 days, a job need not be in the major field of experience. |
● | The round trip commuting time from the person's residence to the place of work is more than 2 hours by available means of transportation. |
● | The working hours or nature of the work interfere with the person's religious observances, convictions, or beliefs. |
MSA:
No provisions.
GA:
Suitable work is a job within the local labor market that:
● | Meets existing health and safety standards set by federal, state, or local regulations. |
● | Is within the physical and mental ability of a person. |
● | Provides a gross weekly income equal to the federal or state minimum wage applicable to the job for 40 hours per week, or a monthly income which, after allowable exclusions, deductions, and disregards would exceed the standard of assistance for the assistance unit, whichever is less. |
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● | Includes employment offered through Title 1 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Minnesota Employment and Economic Development Act, and other employment and training options, but does not include temporary day labor. |
GRH:
Follow MSA for clients who are aged, blind, or disabled.
Follow GA for all other adults.![]()
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PREVIOUS REVISIONS
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 10/2016 | update references to 0017.15.18 (Employment, Training, and National Service Program Income) and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) due to title/name change. |
| 08/2015 | deletes GRH from no provisions and moves it to its own provisions. This change is due to legislative changes and WAS EFFECTIVE 07/01/15. |
| 04/2013 | update Food Support and FS to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and FSET to SNAP E&T throughout. No policy was changed. |
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