(a) OJT is training in the public or private sector
for a paid employee while he or she is engaged in productive work
that provides knowledge and skills essential to the full and adequate
performance of the job.
(b) A Board shall ensure that a determination is made
on a case-by-case basis whether to authorize, arrange, or refer a
Choices participant for subsidized, time-limited training activities,
to assist the Choices participant with obtaining knowledge and skills
that are essential to the workplace while in a job setting. OJT is
training by an employer that is provided to a Choices participant
on or off the work site while engaged in productive work in a job
that:
(1) provides knowledge or skills essential to the full
and adequate performance of the job;
(2) provides reimbursement to the employer of a percent
of the wage rate of the Choices participant for the extraordinary
costs of providing the training and additional supervision related
to the training;
(3) is limited in duration as appropriate to the occupation
for which the Choices participant is being trained, taking into account
the content of the training, the prior work experience of the Choices
participant, and the service strategy of the Choices participant,
as appropriate; and
(4) includes training specified by the employer.
(c) A Board shall not contract with employers who have
previously exhibited a pattern of failing to provide Choices participants
in OJT with continued long-term employment, which provides wages,
benefits, and working conditions that are equal to those that are
provided to regular employees who have worked a similar length of
time and are doing a similar type of work.
(d) Boards shall ensure OJT placements are allotted
to employers who expect to retain Choices participants as regular
unsubsidized employees once the OJT placement has ended, unless successful
completion of the placement is expected to result in unsubsidized
employment with a different employer.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §811.44 adopted to be effective November 18, 2003, 28 TexReg 10261; amended to be effective February 26, 2007, 32 TexReg 906; amended to be effective September 29, 2008, 33 TexReg 8192; amended to be effective January 8, 2013, 38 TexReg 180 |