| (a) Boards shall develop intervention strategies for
providing Workforce Solutions Office services, which ensure rapid
and suitable employment for trade-affected workers and dislocated
workers eligible for Trade benefits.
(b) Boards shall ensure that Rapid Response assistance
is provided consistent with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(WIOA) Title I Rapid Response services, including the following:
(1) contacting the employer immediately upon the filing
of a Trade petition, receipt of a WARN letter, the announcement of
a layoff involving 50 or more workers, other notification of pending
layoff, or a mass job dislocation that results from a natural disaster;
(2) scheduling a meeting with the employer and workers
to ensure notification of Rapid Response services, including availability
of UI mass claims;
(3) scheduling services for workers, including:
(A) orientation to Trade Act benefits, which includes
the following:
(i) TRA; and
(ii) Trade Act-funded employment and training activities;
and
(B) orientation to labor market information, including
wage data and the availability of demand and targeted occupations
as defined by the Board;
(4) assisting employers, workers, and labor unions
with filing Trade petitions with the United States Department of Labor;
(5) providing initial assessment of the trade-affected
worker's skill levels, (including literacy, numeracy, and English
language proficiency), abilities (including skill gaps), and need
for support services;
(6) helping affected workers register in the state's
labor exchange system; and
(7) coordinating with the appropriate UI field specialist.
(c) Boards shall ensure that:
(1) Trade-affected workers are coenrolled in the WIOA
Dislocated Worker program if they are eligible; and
(2) Workforce Solutions Office staff completes the
Trade Adjustment Assistance Coenrollment Declination Form if a trade-affected
worker declines coenrollment.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §849.21 adopted to be effective November 24, 2003, 28 TexReg 10510; amended to be effective January 12, 2015, 40 TexReg 270; amended to be effective July 18, 2022, 47 TexReg 4143 |
