PUBLIC LAW 98-77 —AUG. 15, 1983 97 STAT. 447 community customarily require new employees to complete in order to become competent in the occupation or job for which training is to be provided. (9) That there are in the training establishment or place of employment such space, equipment, instructional material, and instructor personnel as needed to accomplish the training objec- tive certified under clause (2) of subsection (e). (10) That the employer will keep records adequate to show the progress made by each veteran participating in the program and otherwise to demonstrate compliance with the require- ments established under this Act. (11) That the employer will furnish each participating veteran, before the veteran's entry into training, with a copy of the employer's certification under this subsection and will obtain and retain the veteran's signed acknowledgment of having received such certification. (12) That the program meets such other criteria as the Administrator may determine are essential for the effective implementation of the program established by this Act. (e) A certification under subsection (d) shall include— (1) a statement indicating (A) the total number of hours of participation in the program of job training to be offered a veteran, (B) the length of the program of job training, and (C) the starting rate of wages to be paid to a participant in the program; and (2) a description of the training content of the program (in- cluding any agreement the employer has entered into with an educational institution under section 8) and of the objective of the training. (fKD Except as specified in paragraph (2), each matter required to be certified to in paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection (d) shall be considered to be a requirement established under this Act. (2)(A) For the purposes of section 8(c), only matters required to be certified in paragraphs (1) through (10) of subsection (d) shall be so considered. (B) For the purposes of section 11, a matter required to be certified under paragraph (12) of subsection (d) shall also be so considered. (g) In accordance with regulations which the Administrator shall Regulations. prescribe, the Administrator may withhold approval of an em- ployer's proposed program of job training pending the outcome of an investigation under section 12 and, based on the outcome of such an investigation, may disapprove such program. (h) For the purposes of this section, approval of a program of apprenticeship or other on-job training for the purposes of section 1787 of title 38, United States Code, shall be considered to meet all requirements established under this Act for approval of a program of job training. PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYERS; OVERPAYMENT SEC. 8. (a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3) and subsection (b) and subject to the provisions of section 9, the Administrator shall make quarterly payments to an employer of a veteran participating in an approved program of job training under this Act. Subject to section 5(c) and paragraph (2), the amount paid to an employer on behalf of a veteran for any period of time shall be 50 percent of the product of (A) the starting hourly rate of wages pgdd to the 29 USC 1721 note.
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