Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/478

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97 STAT. 446 PUBLIC LAW 98-77 —AUG. 15, 1983 Employment (b) The Administrator may not approve a program of job restrictions. training— (1) for employment which consists of seasonal, intermittent, or temporary jobs; (2) for employment under which commissions are the primary source of income; (3) for employment which involves political or religious activities; (4) for employment with any department, agency, instrumen- tality, or branch of the Federal Government (including the United States Postal Service and the Postal Rate Commission); or (5) if the training will not be carried out in a State. Application by (c) An employer offering a program of job training that the employer. employer desires to have approved for the purposes of this Act shall submit to the Administrator a written application for such approval. Such application shall be in such form as the Administrator shall prescribe. Required (d) An application under subsection (c) shall include a certification e^ l?e?° ^y *^® employer of the following: ®TM^^^' (1) That the employer is planning that, upon a veteran's completion of the program of job training, the employer will employ the veteran in a position for which the veteran has been trained and that the employer expects that such a position will be available on a stable and permanent basis to the veteran at the end of the training period. (2) That the wages and benefits to be paid to a veteran participating in the employer's program of job training will be not less than the wages and benefits normally paid to other employees participating in a comparable program of job training. (3) That the employment of a veteran under the program— (A) will not result in the displacement of currently employed workers (including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of nonovertime work, wages, or employment benefits); and (B) will not be in a job (i) while any other individual is on layoff from the same or any substantially equivalent job, or (ii) the opening for which was created as a result of the employer having terminated the employment of any regu- lar employee or otherwise having reduced its work force with the intention of hiring a veteran in such job under this Act. (4) That the employer will not employ in the program of job training a veteran who is already qualified by training and experience for the job for which training is to be provided. (5) That the job which is the objective of the training program is one that involves significant training. (6) That the training content of the program is adequate, in light of the nature of the occupation for which training is to be provided and of comparable training opportunities in such occu- pation, to accomplish the training objective certified under clause (2) of subsection (e). (7) That each participating veteran will be employed full time in the program of job training. (8) That the training period under the proposed program is not longer than the training periods that employers in the