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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".24" citation="COMAR 07.03.17.24" title_num="07" subtitle_num="03" chapter_num="17" heading="Voluntary Quit and Reduction of Work Effort.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Determining Voluntary Quit or Reduction of Work Effort.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The voluntary quit provision applies if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The employment:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Involved 30 hours or more per week; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Provided weekly earnings at least equivalent to the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The quit occurred within 30 days before the date of application or anytime thereafter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The quit was without good cause.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The reduction of work effort provision applies if:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Before the reduction the individual was employed 30 hours or more per week;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>After the reduction, the individual had weekly earnings of less than the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The reduction occurred within the 30 days before the date of application or anytime thereafter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The reduction was voluntary and without good cause.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An employee of the federal or State government or a local government who is dismissed for participating in a strike against the employer is considered to have voluntarily quit without good cause.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Good cause for quitting employment includes good cause as described in Regulation .22G of this chapter and any of the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Discrimination by an employer based on age, race, sex, color, disability, religious belief, national origin, or political beliefs;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Work demands or conditions that make continued employment unreasonable;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>New employment or enrollment at least half-time in a school, training, or education program that requires quitting the employment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A move to another place caused by another household member's new employment or enrollment at least half-time in a school, training, or education program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Resignation of an individual younger than 60 years old which is recognized by the employer as retirement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Employment that is or becomes unsuitable as defined by Regulation .22F of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Acceptance of new employment or training that does not materialize because of circumstances beyond the control of the household member;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>A pattern of frequent change of employers, as in migrant or construction work;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Changes in employment that result from termination of a self-employment enterprise; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Resigning from a job at the demand of the employer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>