1999 Minnesota Statutes

     256K.08 Sanctions and appeal process. 

    Subdivision 1.    Good cause.  (a) For purposes of this 
 subdivision, "good cause" means absence due to temporary illness 
 or injury of the participant or a member of the participant's 
 family, the unavailability of appropriate child care or 
 unavailability of transportation needed to attend orientation or 
 conduct job search, or a nonmedical emergency as defined under 
 section 256K.05, subdivision 5. 

    (b) The applicant who is required, but fails, without good 
 cause, to participate in orientation, complete the job search 
 plan or employability development plan, and comply with the job 
 search requirements under section 256K.03, prior to being 
 eligible for MFIP shall be denied benefits.  The applicant will 
 not be eligible for benefits in this state for at least six 
 months. 

    (c) If, after receiving a written warning from the county, 
 the participant fails, without good cause, to conduct at least 
 32 hours of job search per week in any given two-week period, 
 the participant will be immediately required to work for at 
 least 16 hours per week in a temporary public service job.  The 
 required 32 hours per week of job search will be reduced to 16 
 hours. 

    (d) If the participant who is deferred under section 
 256K.03, subdivision 8, fails to comply with the activities 
 described in the employability development plan, the participant 
 will lose the deferment status, provided that the participant 
 has received at least two written warnings from the provider. 

    (e) If the participant refuses to work in a temporary 
 public service job, or is terminated from a temporary public 
 service job for failure to work, benefits to the assistance unit 
 shall be terminated and the participant shall not be eligible 
 for aid under the MFIP program for at least six months from the 
 date of refusal or termination.  If the participant, before 
 completing at least four consecutive months of employment, 
 voluntarily quits or is terminated from a nonsubsidized or a 
 subsidized job, the participant shall immediately be assigned to 
 work in a temporary public service job for at least 32 hours per 
 week for up to 67 working days unless the participant is hired 
 or rehired into a nonsubsidized or subsidized job. 

    Subd. 2.    Notice of sanctions.  If the county 
 determines that the participant has failed or refused without 
 good cause, as defined in subdivision 1, to cooperate with the 
 program requirements, the county shall inform the participant in 
 writing of its intent to impose an applicable sanction listed 
 under subdivision 1 and the opportunity to have a conciliation 
 conference upon request and within five days of the notice 
 before a sanction is imposed. 

    HIST: 1997 c 85 art 2 s 9; 1999 c 159 s 105