Indiana Code
Chapter 2. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Granting of Assistance
12-14-2-20. Voluntary Leave of Employment or Reduction in Hours

Sec. 20. (a) This section does not apply to a person who voluntarily leaves an employer for any of the following reasons:
(1) The person accepted previously secured permanent full-time work with another employer that offered reasonable expectation of higher wages or better working conditions.
(2) The person left the employer due to a medically substantiated physical disability and is involuntarily unemployed after having made reasonable efforts to maintain the employment relationship.
(3) The person left work to enter the armed forces of the United States.
(4) The person's employment was terminated under the compulsory retirement provision of a collective bargaining agreement to which the employer is a party, or under any other plan, system, or program, public or private, providing for compulsory retirement.
(5) The person voluntarily left the employer, and:
(A) the person's previous employment was outside the person's labor market;
(B) the person left to accept previously secured full-time work with an employer in the person's labor market; and
(C) the person actually became employed with the employer in the person's labor market within the area surrounding the person's permanent residence, outside which the person cannot reasonably commute on a daily basis. In determining whether a person can reasonably commute under this clause, the division shall consider the nature of the person's job.
(6) The person was laid off by the employer.
(b) A person who applies for TANF assistance under this article and:
(1) voluntarily leaves the person's most recent employer:
(A) within six (6) months before applying for TANF; or
(B) at any time after becoming a recipient of TANF under this chapter; or
(2) voluntarily reduces the number of hours the person works in order to qualify for or retain eligibility for assistance under this article;
is ineligible to receive assistance under IC 12-14 for six (6) months after leaving the person's employer or reducing the person's hours.
As added by P.L.46-1995, SEC.20. Amended by P.L.161-2007, SEC.21.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 12. Human Services

Article 14. Family Assistance Services

Chapter 2. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; Granting of Assistance

12-14-2-0.5. "Essential Person" Defined

12-14-2-1. Determination of Eligibility; Amount of Assistance and Beginning Date; Exclusions From Consideration in Determining Eligibility

12-14-2-1.5. Income Not Considered for Eligibility

12-14-2-2. Investigations Made by Division

12-14-2-3. Amount of Assistance; Determination

12-14-2-4. Amount of Assistance; Considerations

12-14-2-5. Amount of Need Recognized and Payment Made; Maximum Amounts

12-14-2-5.1. Time Limitations on Receipt of Assistance; Cash Assistance Minimum

12-14-2-5.2. Employment Credit

12-14-2-5.3. Payments for Child Born More Than Ten Months After Family Qualifies for Assistance

12-14-2-5.4. Repealed

12-14-2-6. Need of Child; Age Excluded as Factor

12-14-2-7. Repealed

12-14-2-8. Repealed

12-14-2-9. Application of Percentage Reduction to Total Needs in Computing Benefits Payable

12-14-2-10. Repealed

12-14-2-11. Compliance With Awards

12-14-2-12. Notification of Assistance Decision

12-14-2-13. Reporting of Assistance Decisions

12-14-2-14. Repealed

12-14-2-15. Amount Granted; Justification; Conformance With Article

12-14-2-16. Child Living With Relative Prescribed in Ic 12-7-2-58

12-14-2-17. Mandatory School Attendance

12-14-2-18. Revocation or Suspension of Assistance; Sanctions

12-14-2-19. Release of School Attendance Records

12-14-2-20. Voluntary Leave of Employment or Reduction in Hours

12-14-2-21. Personal Responsibility Agreement

12-14-2-22. Repealed

12-14-2-23. Exemptions

12-14-2-24. Establishing Paternity Required; Exceptions; Revocation; Good Faith Effort to Cooperate Required; Presumption of Good Faith Effort; Other Considerations

12-14-2-25. Information on Receipt of Previous Assistance

12-14-2-26. Registration at Employment and Training Office