WAC 388-444-0060 FS E&T--Unsuitable employment

Nonexempt clients participating in FS E&T must accept a bona fide offer of suitable employment. Employment is considered unsuitable when:  

1. The wage offered is less than the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is highest;

2. The job offered is on a piece-rate basis and the average hourly yield expected is less than the federal or state minimum wage, whichever is highest;

3. The employee, as a condition of employment, is required to join, resign from or is barred from joining any legitimate labor union;

4. The work offered is at a site subject to strike or lockout at the time of offer unless:

   1. The strike is enjoined under the Taft-Hartley Act; or

   2. An injunction is issued under section 10 of the Railway Labor Act.

5. The degree of risk to health and safety is unreasonable;

6. The client is physically or mentally unable to perform the job as documented by medical evidence or reliable information from other sources;

7. The employment offered within the first thirty days of registration for FS E&T is not in the client's major field of experience;

8. The distance from the client's home to the job is unreasonable considering the wage, time and cost of commute:

   1. The job is not suitable when daily commuting time exceeds two hours per day, not including transporting a child to and from child care; and

   2. The job is not suitable when the distance to the job prohibits walking and public or private transportation is not available.

9. The working hours or nature of the job interferes with the client's religious observances, convictions, or beliefs.