Section 432.3 - Failure to Comply with Employment and Work- Related Activity Requirements(a) A recipient who is not exempt from participation in the employment or work-related activity requirements set forth in section 405.1(a.2) and who without good cause: (i) voluntarily terminates employment or reduces earnings; (ii) fails to apply for work at such time and in such manner as the department may prescribe; or (iii) fails or refuses to accept referral to and participate in a work-related activity, or refuses to accept referral to and work in and retain employment in which the recipient is able to engage, provided such employment conforms to the standards established for a bona fide offer of employment, shall be disqualified from receiving assistance as follows:(1) For the first violation, a minimum of thirty days and continuing thereafter until such time as the recipient has demonstrated and maintained compliance for at least a one-week period with the requirements of section 405.1 . After the recipient has been disqualified for ninety days, the entire assistance group shall be disqualified until the recipient has demonstrated and maintained compliance for at least a one-week period with the requirements of section 405.1.(2) For the second violation , a minimum of sixty days and continuing thereafter until such time as the recipient has demonstrated and maintained compliance for at least a one-week period with the requirements of section 405.1. After the recipient has been disqualified for sixty days, the entire assistance group shall be disqualified until the recipient has demonstrated and maintained compliance for at least a one-week period with the requirements of section 405.1. (3) For the third violation, the entire assistance group shall be permanently disqualified.(b) In addition to or in lieu of the sanctions set forth in subsection (a)(1) and (2), the cash assistance grant of an employed person who voluntarily, without good cause, reduces his or her earnings by not fulfilling the twenty-hour per week work requirement set forth in section 405.1(a.2) shall be reduced by the dollar value of the income that would have been earned if the recipient had fulfilled those employment responsibilities.Amended by P.L. 668 2012 No. 80, § 6, eff. 7/1/2012.1967, June 13, P.L. 31, No. 21, art. 4, § 432.3, added 1976, July 15, P.L. 993, No. 202, § 5, effective in 60 days. Amended 1982, April 8, P.L. 231, No. 75, § 11, effective in 60 days; 1996, May 16, P.L. 175, No. 35, § 10, effective Oct. 1, 1996.