1997 Minnesota Statutes

     268.672 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Terms.  For the purposes of sections 
 268.672 to 268.682, the following terms have the meanings given 
 them.  

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 78 subd 2 

    Subd. 3.    Eligible business.  "Eligible business" 
 means a for-profit business.  

    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1997 c 200 art 3 s 19 

    Subd. 5.    Eligible government agency.  "Eligible 
 government agency" means a county, municipality, school 
 district, or other local governmental subdivision, a state 
 agency, or a federal agency office in Minnesota.  

    Subd. 6.    Eligible job applicant.  "Eligible job 
 applicant" means a person who:  

    (1) has attempted to secure a nonsubsidized job by 
 completing comprehensive job readiness and is: 

    (i) a temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) 
 recipient who is making good faith efforts to comply with the 
 family support agreement as defined under section 256.032, 
 subdivision 7a, but has failed to find suitable employment; or 

    (ii) a family general assistance recipient; 

    (2) is a member of a household supported only by: 

    (i) a low-income worker; or 

    (ii) a person who is underemployed as that term is defined 
 in section 268.61, subdivision 5; or 

    (3) is a member of a family that is eligible for, but not 
 receiving public assistance. 

    Subd. 7.    Eligible nonprofit agency.  "Eligible 
 nonprofit agency" means an organization exempt from taxation 
 under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, section 501(c)(3), as 
 amended through December 31, 1982.  

    Subd. 8. Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 78 subd 2 

    Subd. 9.    Household.  "Household" means a group of 
 persons living at the same residence consisting of, at a 
 maximum, spouses and the minor children of each.  

    Subd. 10. Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 78 subd 2 

    Subd. 11. Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 78 subd 2 

    Subd. 12. Repealed, 1990 c 568 art 4 s 85 

    Subd. 13.    Comprehensive job readiness.  
 "Comprehensive job readiness" means a job search program 
 administered by a county, its designee, or workforce service 
 area that teaches self-esteem, marketable work habits, 
 job-seeking skills, and life-management skills, and may include 
 job retention services. 

    Subd. 14.    Eligible program participant.  "Eligible 
 program participant" means an eligible job applicant who is 
 participating in comprehensive job readiness, subsidized 
 employment, or job retention services.  An individual who has 
 been dismissed for cause or quit subsidized employment without 
 good cause is not eligible for subsidized employment under the 
 program. 

    Subd. 15.    Employer.  "Employer" means a private or 
 public employer that: 

    (1) agrees to create a job that is long term and full time, 
 except a private nonprofit or public employer may provide a 
 temporary job; 

    (2) pays a wage of at least $2 per hour higher than the 
 minimum wage; and 

    (3) agrees to retain a participant at the same wage and 
 benefit level of the wage subsidy period after satisfactory 
 completion of the subsidy period. 

    Subd. 16.    Full time.  "Full time" means 40 hours of 
 work per week or any other schedule considered full time by the 
 employer.  In the case of a temporary assistance to needy 
 families recipient, "full time" means 40 hours comprised of the 
 number of hours of work needed to meet the recipient's work 
 requirement plus the number of hours spent in a training or 
 education program.  The employer is required to pay and is 
 eligible to receive the subsidy only for hours worked by the 
 participant for the employer.  

    Subd. 17.    Job retention services.  "Job retention 
 services" means assistance that would not otherwise be provided 
 to an eligible job applicant with child care, transportation, 
 job coaching, employer-employee mediation, and other forms of 
 support services to help an applicant to transition to 
 employment and retain a job. 

    Subd. 18.    Low-income worker.  "Low-income worker" 
 means a worker who earns no more than $1 per hour more than the 
 minimum wage. 

    Subd. 19.    Minimum wage.  "Minimum wage" means the 
 greater of (1) the federal minimum wage in effect on or after 
 September 1, 1997, and (2) the state minimum wage under section 
 177.24. 

    Subd. 20.    Program.  "Program" means the 1997 
 Minnesota employment and economic development program. 

    Subd. 21.    Workforce service area.  "Workforce service 
 area" means a service delivery area designated by the governor 
 under the Job Training Partnership Act, United States Code, 
 title 29, section 1501, et seq. 

    HIST: 1983 c 312 art 7 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 43; 1Sp1985 c 9 
 art 2 s 78,79,105; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 48,49; 1987 c 384 art 2 
 s 1; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1997 c 200 art 3 s 
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