Wash. Admin. Code § 388-444-0075 - What are the penalties if you quit a job or reduce your work effort without good cause?
(1) If you have
applied for basic food and have voluntarily quit a job or reduced your work
effort as defined under WAC
388-444-0065 without good cause
within thirty days before applying for basic food, we will deny your
application and impose a penalty period as described under subsection (3) of
this section from the date of your application.
(2) If you already receive basic food and
quit your job or reduce your work effort without good cause, we will send you a
letter notifying you that you will be disqualified from basic food. The
disqualification in subsection (3) of this section begins the first of the
month following our notice of adverse action.
(3) You are disqualified for the following
minimum periods of time and until the conditions in subsection (4) of this
section are met:
(a) For the first quit or
reduction of work effort, one benefit month;
(b) For the second quit or reduction of work
effort, three benefit months; and
(c) For the third or subsequent quit or
reduction of work effort, six benefit months.
(4) You may reestablish eligibility after
serving the disqualification period if you comply with the work requirements
under WAC
388-444-0005 and are otherwise
eligible.
(5) If you become exempt
from work registration under WAC
388-444-0010, we will end your
disqualification for a job quit or reduction of work effort .
(6) If you are exempt or requalify due to
participation in unemployment compensation (UC) or temporary assistance for
needy families (TANF), you must meet the work requirements in these programs to
remain eligible for basic food.
(7)
If you are disqualified, and move from the assistance unit, and join another
assistance unit, we will continue to treat you as an ineligible member of the
new assistance unit for the remainder of the disqualification period.
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