WAC 388-444-0075 What are the disqualification periods for quitting a job without good cause?

1. If you are an applicant who quits a job without good cause sixty days before applying for food assistance, the department will deny your application.  The penalty period in subsection (3) of this section begins from the date of application. 

2. If you are already receiving food assistance and you quit your job without good cause, the department must send you a letter notifying you that you are going to be disqualified from food assistance.  The disqualification in subsection (3) of this section begins the first of the month following the 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:

   1. For the first quit, one month;

   2. For the second quit, three months; and

   3. For the third or subsequent quit, six months.

4. You may re-establish eligibility after the disqualification, if otherwise eligible by:

   1. Getting a new job;

   2. In nonexempt areas, participating in the FS E&T program;

   3. Participating in Workfare as provided in WAC 388-444-0040.

   4. In an exempt area, serving the penalty period.

5. The department can end the disqualification period if you become exempt from the work registration requirements as provided in WAC 388-444-0015 unless you are applying for or receiving unemployment compensation (UC), or participating in an employment and training program under TANF.

6. If you are disqualified and move from the assistance unit and join another assistance unit, you continue to be treated as an ineligible member of the new assistance unit for the remainder of the disqualification period.

7. If you are disqualified and move to a FS E&T exempt area, you must serve the remainder of the disqualification period.