R6-12-704. Disqualification from Earnings Disregards; Good Cause

A. The Department shall not apply the earned income disregards set forth at R6-12-703(1) through (3) to the earned income of an assistance unit member, or an employed parent of a dependent child whose income and resources are considered available to the assistance unit, when the assistance unit member or parent, without good cause: 1. Terminates employment or reduces the hours of employment within the 30 days preceding the benefit month; 2. Refuses to accept a bona fide offer of employment offered through JOBS, or by any other employer, within the 30 days preceding the benefit month; or 3. Fails to make a timely report of income pursuant to R6- 12-901. B. Good cause. 1. For circumstances applicable to subsections (A)(1) or (2), good cause is limited to: a. The circumstances described at A.A.C. R6-10- 119(B); or b. The circumstances described at A.A.C. R6-10- 120(A) and (C), if the person is a TPEP parent. 2. For circumstances applicable to subsection (A)(3), good cause is limited to the following: a. The assistance unit reports and verifies that sickness, accident, or other hardship prevented the unit from reporting timely; or b. The mailing date of the change report is timely as prescribed in R6-12-901.