(a) Condition for plan approval. A State plan under title IV-A of the Social Security Act must:

(1) Provide that participation in a strike shall not constitute good cause to leave, or to refuse to seek or accept, employment.

(2)

(i) Provide for the denial of AFDC benefits to any family for any month in which any caretaker relative with whom the child is living is, on the last day of such month, participating in a strike; and

(ii) Provide that no individual's needs shall be included in determining the amount of aid payable for any month to a family under the plan if, on the last day of such month, such individual is participating in a strike.

(b) Definitions.

(1) The State must define “strike” by using the National Labor Relations Board definition (29 U.S.C. 142(2)) or another definition of the term that is currently in State law.

(2) The State must define the term “participating in a strike.”

(3) For purposes of paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section, “caretaker relative” means any natural or adoptive parent.

[47 FR 5682, Feb. 5, 1982]