1. Account―the Workforce Development Training Account.
2. Applicant―the business requesting training assistance from LDOL under this program, including a registered joint labor and employer group-administered apprenticeship program under §103.A.4.
3. Award―funding approved under this program for eligible training activities.
4. Awardee―an applicant (and/or company(ies)) receiving a training award under this program.
5. Contract―a legally enforceable agreement between LDOL, the applicant and a training provider governing the terms and conditions of the training award.
6. Contractee―the applicant and training provider that are party to a training award contract with LDOL under this program.
7. Incumbent Worker―a worker who is currently on the payroll of the applicant.
8. Individual Standardized Training―off-the-shelf training that is not customized to the needs of the individual applicant and that is currently offered by a training provider at the time the application is filed with LDOL; to be provided through the Small Business Employee Training Program and to be administered in accordance with §113.
9. LDOL―the Louisiana Department of Labor.
10. Monitoring Entity―a public or private entity contracted or selected to monitor the compliance of a contractee with the terms and conditions of a training award contract.
11. Secretary―the Secretary of the Department of Labor.
12. Supplant―diversion of normal training funding for other uses simply because training funds are awarded under the Incumbent Worker Training Program.
13. Training Provider―the entity providing the customized training for the awardee.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:1514.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Office of Workforce Development, LR 25:1142 (June 1999), amended LR 26:1629 (August 2000), LR 29:2497 (November 2003), amended by the Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary, LR 30:2329 (October 2004).