10.18 On-the-Job-Training: Described
ISSUE DATE: 09/2020
On-the-job training is training a paid employee receives while engaged in productive work and that will likely result in the employer continuing the participant in that job beyond the training phase.
· The training provides knowledge and skills essential to the full and adequate performance of the job.· It can in the public sector or the private sector.· It cannot include work done for political purposes. See 10 (Paid Employment).
On- the- Job Training Programs must meet all of the following conditions:
· A public sector agency covers part of the wages an employee earns while in a training program at work. The payments cover the costs associated with the training and for the lost productivity of the employee while in training.· The public sector subsidy payments cannot exceed 50% of the wages the employer pays to the participant.· The employer must pay the participant in accordance with any applicable law, at the same rate (including any raises) as similarly situated employees or trainees and at least at the federal or state minimum wage (whichever is higher).· Length of the training should be based on the complexity of the job and the participant’s previous work experience and training.· An employer who accepts a placement of someone in an On-the-Job-Training-Program has agreed to retain the person upon satisfactory completion of training.
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