<html> <head> <title>Rule 67:10:06:26 Good cause for refusing to accept employment or additional hours of employment.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 67:10:06:26"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 67:10:06:26 Good cause for refusing to accept employment or additional hours of employment."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>67:10:06:26.&nbsp;&nbsp;Good cause for refusing to accept employment or&nbsp; additional hours of employment.</b> Good cause criteria for refusing to accept employment or additional hours of employment include the following:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;The individual is physically or mentally unfit to do the job or to work additional hours as documented by medical evidence or other reliable information;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;The hourly wage offered is less than the federal minimum wage;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;The position is vacant or additional hours are available due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;The individual is, as a condition of being employed or accepting additional hours of employment, required to join or to resign from or refrain from joining a labor organization;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (5)&nbsp;&nbsp;The degree of risk to health and safety is unreasonable;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (6)&nbsp;&nbsp;The working hours or nature of the employment interferes with the employee's religious observations, convictions, or beliefs; or</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (7)&nbsp;&nbsp;The individual is a single custodial parent caring for a child under six years of age and is able to prove the unavailability of child care because of distance, the unavailability or unsuitability of child care by a relative, or the unavailability of appropriate and affordable child care.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 24 SDR 24, effective August 31, 1997.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-7A-3">28-7A-3(1)(2)(3)(4)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-7A-10">28-7A-10</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-7A-11">28-7A-11.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-7A-3">28-7A-3(1)(2)(3)(4)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-7A-10">28-7A-10</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=28-7A-11">28-7A-11.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>