(a) Students shall be considered federal employees for purposes of
Federal employees' compensation (FEC). (Section 436(a)(2))
(b) Resident students shall be considered to be in the ``performance
of duty'' as Federal employees from the date they leave their homes and
begin authorized travel to their center of assignment until the date of
their scheduled arrival at the official travel destination upon the
termination from Job Corps. During this period the youths shall be known
as students, and this period shall constitute their period of
enrollment. During this period, resident students shall be considered as
in performance of duty at all times, during any and all of their
activities, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as described in
paragraph (d) of this section.
(c) Non-resident students shall be considered to be ``in performance
of duty'' as Federal employees from the time they arrive at any
scheduled center activity or program until they physically leave such
activity or program.
(d) No student shall be considered as being in performance of duty
status if he/she is absent without official leave (AWOL) or after
arrival home on administrative leave without allowances.
(e) In computing compensation benefits for disability or death, the
monthly pay of a student shall be deemed that received under the
entrance salary for a grade GS-2 Federal employee, and 5 U.S.C. 8113 (a)
and (b) shall apply to students.
(f) Compensation for disability shall not begin to accrue until the
day following the date on which the injured student completes his or her
Job Corps termination.
(g) Whenever a student is injured, develops an occupationally
related illness, or dies while in the performance of duty, the Job Corps
Director shall ensure that procedures set forth in the DOL Employment
Standards Administration regulations at 20 CFR chapter I are followed.
The Job Corps Director shall ensure that a thorough investigation of the
circumstances and a medical evaluation are completed and that required
forms are filed with the DOL Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
