1. (1) Center offenders should be employed or participate in educational or vocational training on a full-time basis;
2. (2) offenders participating in educational or vocational training should have sufficient means to meet their financial obligations; and

3. (3) employers and offenders shall be informed in writing of the Center's rules governing employment, including:

   1. (a) Offenders shall be accountable for all time spent away from the Center;
   2. (b) employers shall contact Center staff when they need the offender to work overtime or work on a day off;
   3. (c) offenders shall not consume alcoholic beverages;
   4. (d) offenders shall have legitimate employment and shall not be allowed to work for less than the prevailing minimum wage, nor under substandard conditions;
   5. (e) employers shall contact Center staff if the offender terminates or is terminated from his position, is excessively late, or leaves work early;
   6. (f) offenders shall not borrow money nor secure an advance in salary without prior approval of Center staff;
   7. (g) offenders shall notify employers of illness, absence or tardiness;

   8. (h) Center staff shall contact the employer periodically to monitor the offender's performance and to verify the offender's work hours;

      1. (i) within two weeks, employers shall send to the Center staff a signed acknowledgment of the rules and willingness to notify Center staff of any violations; and
   9. (j) employers shall contact Center staff with any questions or concerns.

It is the policy of the Department that:

KEY: corrections, halfway houses, training, offender employment

Date of Last Change: March 13, 2001

Notice of Continuation: June 23, 2025

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 63G-3-201; 64-13-10; 64-13-14.5