1997 Minnesota Statutes

     256.738 On-the-job training. 

    (a) County agencies may, in accordance with section 
 256.736, subdivision 10, develop on-the-job training programs 
 that permit voluntary participation by AFDC recipients.  A 
 county agency that chooses to provide on-the-job training as one 
 of its optional employment and training services may make 
 payments to employers for on-the-job training costs that, during 
 the period of the training, must not exceed 50 percent of the 
 wages paid by the employer to the participant.  The payments are 
 deemed to be in compensation for the extraordinary costs 
 associated with training participants under this section and in 
 compensation for the costs associated with the lower 
 productivity of the participants during training. 

    (b) County agencies shall limit the length of training 
 based on the complexity of the job and the recipient's previous 
 experience and training.  Placement in an on-the-job training 
 position with an employer is for the purpose of training and 
 employment with the same employer, who has agreed to retain the 
 person upon satisfactory completion of training. 

    (c) Placement of any recipient in an on-the-job training 
 position must be compatible with the assessment and 
 employability development plan established for the recipient 
 under section 256.736, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), clauses 
 (14) and (15). 

    (d) Provision of an on-the-job training program under the 
 job training partnership act, in and of itself, does not qualify 
 as an on-the-job training program under section 256.736, 
 subdivision 10, paragraph (a), clause (13). 

    HIST: 1989 c 282 art 5 s 36