Choices participants may be placed in unsalaried, work-based, training positions in either the private, for profit or nonprofit sector or the public sector to improve the employability of participants who have been unable to find employment. The placements are time-limited, and individual positions must be designed to move participants quickly into regular employment. Additional requirements relating to work skills training include the following:

1. (1) each training position must have designated hours, tasks, skill attainment objectives, and staff supervision;
2. (2) training must not result in the displacement of currently employed workers or impair existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements;
3. (3) entities that enter into nonfinancial agreements with the Commission or Local Workforce Development Boards shall identify training positions and provide job training and work skills training within their organization that will enable participants to gain the skills necessary to compete in the labor market; and
4. (4) all non-exempt participants who are unemployed after completing job search activities must be evaluated on an individual basis to determine if enrollment in work skills training will be required, based on available resources and the local labor market.

Source Note:The provisions of this §811.43 adopted to be effective April 15, 1998, 23 TexReg 3700.