1998 Minnesota Statutes

     268.677 Use of funds. 

    Subdivision 1.    Wage subsidy, comprehensive job 
 readiness, and job retention services money.  To the extent 
 allowable under federal and state law, wage subsidy money, 
 comprehensive job readiness money, and job retention services 
 money must be pooled and used in combination with money from 
 other employment and training services or income maintenance and 
 support services.  

    (a) The wage subsidy is $2.50 per hour for wages and up to 
 $1 per hour for reimbursement of employer-paid benefits for 
 health care, child care, or transportation expenses for 
 employers paying an eligible program participant an hourly wage 
 that is $2 to $2.99 per hour higher than the minimum wage. 

    (b) The wage subsidy is $4 per hour for wages and up to $1 
 per hour for reimbursement of employer paid benefits for health 
 care, child care, or transportation expenses for employers 
 paying an eligible program participant an hourly wage that is $3 
 or more per hour higher than the minimum wage. 

    (c) The wage subsidy for an eligible job applicant may be 
 paid for a maximum of 1,040 hours over a period of 26 weeks.  
 Employers are encouraged to use money from other sources to 
 provide increased wages to applicants they employ.  Job 
 retention services may be provided to an eligible program 
 participant over a period of 78 weeks.  

    (d) An employer of more than four full-time employees shall 
 receive wage subsidies for no more than 25 percent of the 
 employer's full-time workforce. 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1997 c 200 art 3 s 19 

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 Repealed, 1997 c 200 art 3 s 19 

    HIST: 1983 c 312 art 7 s 7; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 48; 1Sp1985 c 9 
 art 2 s 85,105; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 56; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 138; 
 1990 c 568 art 4 s 66,67; 1990 c 594 art 3 s 10; 1997 c 200 art 
 3 s 16