WAC 388-444-0065 Am I eligible for Basic Food if I quit my job?

1.    You are not eligible for Basic Food if you quit your current job without good cause as defined in WAC 388-444-0070, and you are in one of the following categories:

a.    You were working twenty hours or more per week or the job provided weekly earnings equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by twenty hours; 

b.    The quit was within sixty days before you applied for Basic Food or any time after;

c.    At the time of quit you were applying for Basic Food and would have been required to register for work as defined in WAC 388-444-0005;

d.    If you worked or you were self-employed and working thirty hours a week or you had weekly earnings at least equal to the federal minimum wage multiplied by thirty hours.

2.    You are not eligible to receive Basic Food if you have participated in a strike against a federal, state or local government and have lost your employment because of such participation.