Sec. 306. Eligibility for program employment
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An individual seeking Program employment shall have his or her eligibility for such employment certified by a one-stop center serving the area where the Program employment is located. To be certified as eligible for such employment, the individual must satisfy at least one of the following conditions as of the date the individual is hired to fill a job funded under this Act: The individual has been unemployed for less than 30 days and is eligible to receive Unemployment Insurance benefits.
The individual is unemployed and has been registered at and seeking employment with the assistance of a one-stop center for not less than 30 days prior to the date on which the individual is so hired. The individual has been employed part-time while registered at and seeking full-time employment with the assistance of a one-stop center for not less than 30 days prior to the date the individual is so hired. All Program employees shall be automatically registered with the one-stop center serving the area where the individual resides as available for and seeking work.
The one-stop center serving the area where a Program employee resides shall screen inquiries from employers concerning available jobs and forward those that seem suitable to qualified Program employees. For purposes of paragraph (2), the term suitable , used with respect to a job, means an offer of employment that— a newly unemployed individual who has just begun receiving Unemployment Insurance benefits would be required to accept in order to avoid forfeiting their eligibility for continued receipt of such benefits under the laws of the State in which the Program employee is employed; and is reasonably expected to last at least 6 months.
Program employees shall be provided time off with pay to respond to inquiries regarding suitable non-Program job openings. A Program employee who refuses a suitable job offer resulting from such an inquiry without good cause shall— forfeit their eligibility for Program employment for a period of 30 days, subject to the same procedures and right of appeal that applies to recipients of Unemployment Insurance who refuse suitable employment; and maintain their eligibility for Program employment until such proceedings are completed.
A Program employee who terminates their Program employment in order to accept other employment, and who subsequently is terminated from that other employment without fault on the individual’s part, or who terminates that employment voluntarily for good cause, shall be eligible for immediate reemployment in a job funded under this Act. A Program employee who is involuntarily terminated from their Program Job for inadequate performance of job responsibilities shall not lose their eligibility for employment in another Program-funded job.
A Program employee who is involuntarily terminated for misconduct shall lose their eligibility for Program employment for 30 days.