An adult must not, without serious cause, refuse or leave a suitable employment or lose suitable employment through the adult’s own fault, permanently or temporarily, so as to become or render the adult’s family eligible under the program or so as to be granted a benefit of a greater amount than that which would otherwise have been granted. It must be determined whether the adult acted as a reasonable and responsible person would have under similar circumstances.
Any refusal, leaving or loss of employment before receiving assistance is taken into account when an application for assistance results primarily from this action. This includes a person who leaves a job and applies for assistance, or someone who has been refused assistance, but wants to become a recipient again.
The financial reduction applies the date the Income Security is advised of the situation (month of the request or following month) even when the date of the event, giving rise to a reduction, has started in the past. Consequently, no claim can be applied as such.
Refusing or leaving suitable employment for a temporary period (eg. summer) shall constitute a failure.
Refusing or leaving an employment generating income below the allowed exemptions constitutes a failure, but no sanction will however be imposed as it is not carried out in order to render the adult (or his/her family) eligible under the program or so as to be granted a benefit of a greater amount than that which would otherwise have been granted.
Refusing or leaving an employment on the grounds of a return to school as part of an action plan bears no sanction.