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Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 20  

Employees' Benefits

 

Chapter V  

Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor

 

 

Part 617  

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Under the Trade Act of 1974

 

 

 

Subpart C  

Reemployment Services

20 CFR 617.20 - Responsibilities for the delivery of reemployment services.

  • Section Number: 617.20
  • Section Name: Responsibilities for the delivery of reemployment services. 

    (a) State agency referral. Cooperating State agencies shall be 

responsible for:

    (1) Advising each adversely affected worker to apply for training 

with the State agency responsible for reemployment services, while the 

worker is receiving UI payments, and at the time the individual files an 

initial claim for TRA; and

    (2) Referring each adversely affected worker to the State agency 

responsible for training and other reemployment services in a timely 

manner.

    (b) State agency responsibilities. The responsibilities of 

cooperating State

agencies under subpart C of this part include, but are not limited to:

    (1) Interviewing each adversely affected worker regarding suitable 

training opportunities reasonably available to each individual under 

subpart C of this part, reviewing such opportunities with each 

individual, informing each individual of the requirement for 

participation in training as a condition for receiving TRA, and 

accepting each individual's application for training. Such training may 

be approved for any adversely affected worker at any time after a 

certification is issued and the worker is determined to be covered 

without regard to whether the worker has exhausted all rights to 

unemployment insurance;

    (2) Registering adversely affected workers for work;

    (3) Informing adversely affected workers of the reemployment 

services and allowances available under the Act and this Part 617, the 

application procedures, the filing date requirements for such 

reemployment services and the training requirement for receiving TRA;

    (4) Determining whether suitable employment, as defined in 

Sec. 617.22(a)(1), is available;

    (5) Providing counseling, testing, placement, and supportive 

services;

    (6) Providing or procuring self-directed job search training, when 

necessary;

    (7) Providing training, job search and relocation assistance;

    (8) Developing a training plan with the individual;

    (9) Determining which training institutions offer training programs 

at a reasonable cost and with a reasonable expectation of employment 

following the completion of such training, and procuring such training;

    (10) Documenting the standards and procedures used to select 

occupations and training institutions in which training is approved;

    (11) Making referrals and approving training programs;

    (12) Monitoring the progress of workers in approved training 

programs;

    (13) Developing, and periodically reviewing and updating 

reemployment plans for adversely affected workers;

    (14) Developing and implementing a procedure for reviewing training 

waivers and revocations at least every 30 days to determine whether the 

conditions under which they are issued have changed; and

    (15) Coordinating the administration and delivery of employment 

services, benefits, training, and supplemental assistance for adversely 

affected workers with programs under the Act and under Title III of the 

Job Training Partnership Act.

[59 FR 934, Jan. 6, 1994]

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