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MFIP Employment Services Manual

MFIP Employment Services Manual


23.27 Non-Displacement

ISSUE DATE: 09/2020

Work experience and community service cannot displace or replace other employees.

An MFIP participant cannot be placed in a paid or unpaid work experience assignment at a public or private employer where:

  • · Any employees in the same or substantially equivalent job are on layoff.
  • · The employment of a regular employee was terminated to be able to accommodate a paid work experience participant.
  • · An involuntary reduction of the workforce was made to accommodate a paid work experience participant.
  • The policies are to ensure that:

  • · No one loses a job because of work experience or community service placement.
  • · Empty jobs are not filled with work experience or community service participants instead of being filled through normal hiring practices.
  • States must maintain a grievance procedure for resolving complaints of alleged violations.

    These policies apply to:

  • · Paid work experience.
  • · Unpaid work experience.
  • · Community service assignments.
  • Additional policies apply at union workplaces. See 23.30 (Criteria for Unpaid Work).

    Counties must provide specific notifications to local bargaining units for work experience or community service assignments at union workplaces. These notifications are outlined in the management chapter.

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