Sec. 206. job training, counseling and reservoirs of employment projects
1,236 words·~6 min read·
/statute-compilations/comps-1531/sec-206A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
## Sec. 206 job training, counseling and reservoirs of employment projects ###
(a)Further to promote achievement of full employment under this Act and the Employment Act of 1946, the President, through the Secretary of Labor, shall develop policies and procedures and, as necessary, recommend programs for providing employment opportunities to individuals aged 16 and over in the civilian labor force who are able, willing, and seeking to work but who, despite serious efforts to obtain employment, remain unemployed. ### (b)4 In meeting the responsibilities under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall, as appropriate, fully utilize the authority provided under the Job Training Partnership Act and title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and other relevant provisions of law to— 4For version of law for the matter preceding paragraph
(1)of section 206(b), as amended by section 512(m) of Public Law 113–128, see note below. ####
(1)assure the availability of counseling, training, and other support activities necessary to prepare persons willing and seeking work for employment; ####
(2)refer persons able, willing, and seeking to work to job opportunities in the private sectors through the existing public employment placement facilities and through the United States Employment Service of the Department of Labor, including job opportunities in any positions created under programs established pursuant to sections 202, 204, and 205 of this Act; and ####
(3)encourage flexi-time and part-time jobs for persons who are able, willing, and seeking employment but who are unable to work a standard workweek. **[**Note: Section 512(m)(1) of Public Law 113–128 provides for an amendment to the matter preceding paragraph
(1)of section 206(b). Section 506(a) of such Public Law provides as follows: “[e]xcept as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act, including the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the first day of the first full program year after the date of enactment of this Act [enactment date is July 22, 2014]”. The effective date for the execution of such amendment is July 1, 2015. Upon such date, subsection
(b)(as amended) reads as follows:**]** ###
(b)In meeting the responsibilities under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall, as appropriate, fully utilize the authority provided under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and other relevant provisions of law to— ####
(1)assure the availability of counseling, training, and other support activities necessary to prepare persons willing and seeking work for employment; ####
(2)refer persons able, willing, and seeking to work to job opportunities in the private sectors through the existing public employment placement facilities and through the United States Employment Service of the Department of Labor, including job opportunities in any positions created under programs established pursuant to sections 202, 204, and 205 of this Act; and ####
(3)encourage flexi-time and part-time jobs for persons who are able, willing, and seeking employment but who are unable to work a standard workweek. ###
(c)#### (1)5 To the extent that individuals aged 16 and over and able, willing, and seeking to work are not and in the judgment of the President cannot be provided with private job opportunities or job opportunities under other programs and actions in existence, in accord with the goals and timetables set forth in the Employment Act of 1946, the President shall, as may be authorized by law, establish reservoirs of public employment and private nonprofit employment projects, to be approved by the Secretary of Labor, through expansion of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and other existing employment and training projects of through such new programs as are determined necessary by the President or through both such projects and such programs. 5For version of law for paragraph
(1)of section 206(c), as amended by section 512(m)(2) of Public Law 113–128, see note below. **[**Note: Effective on July 1, 2015, section 512(m)(2) of Public Law 113–128 provides for an amendment to paragraph
(1)of section 206(c) . Upon such date, paragraph
(1)of subsection
(c)(as amended) reads as follows: **[**casterkx: editor note: change attribute to display=in-line when replacing this paragraph.**]****]** ####
(1)To the extent that individuals aged 16 and over and able, willing, and seeking to work are not and in the judgment of the President cannot be provided with private job opportunities or job opportunities under other programs and actions in existence, in accord with the goals and timetables set forth in the Employment Act of 1946, the President shall, as may be authorized by law, establish reservoirs of public employment and private nonprofit employment projects, to be approved by the Secretary of Labor, through expansion of activities under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and other existing employment and training projects of through such new programs as are determined necessary by the President or through both such projects and such programs. ####
(2)New programs as may be authorized by law after the date of enactment of this Act referred to in paragraph (c)(1)— #####
(A)shall not be put into operation earlier than two years after the enactment of this Act, nor without a finding by the President, transmitted to the Congress, that other means of employment are not yielding enough jobs to be consistent with attainment of the goals and timetables for the reduction of unemployment set forth in the Employment Act of 1946; #####
(B)shall be designed so that no workers from private employment are drawn into the reservoir projects thereunder; #####
(C)shall be useful and productive jobs; #####
(D)shall be mainly in the lower ranges of skills and pay, and toward this end the number of reservoir jobs under such new programs shall, to the extent practicable, be maximized in relationship to the appropriations provided for such jobs; #####
(E)shall be targeted on areas of high unemployment and on individuals who are structurally unemployed; #####
(F)shall be phased in by the President as necessary, in conjunction with the employment goals under sections 3(a)(2) and 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946. ###
(d)The Secretary, in carrying out the provisions of this section, shall establish regulations providing for— ####
(1)an initial determination of the job seeker's ability to be employed at certain types and duration of work, so that such individual may be appropriately referred to jobs, training, counseling, and other supportive services; ####
(2)compliance with the nondiscrimination provisions of this Act in accordance with section 401; ####
(3)appropriate eligibility criteria to determine the order of priority of access of any person to any new programs under subsection
(c)as may be authorized by law including but not necessarily limited to
(A)household income, duration of unemployment (not less than five weeks), and the number of people economically dependent upon such person; and
(B)denial of access to any person refusing to accept or hold a job except for good cause, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, including refusal to accept or hold a job subject to reference under subsection
(b)paragraph (2), in order to seek a reservoir project job under subsection (c); and ####
(4)such administrative appeal procedures as may be appropriate to review the initial determination of the abilities of persons willing, able, and seeking to work under paragraph
(1)of this subsection and the employment need and eligibility under paragraph
(3)of this subsection. **[**[15 U.S.C. 3116](/us/usc/t15/s3116)**]**
Connectionstraces to 2
Traces to 2 documents
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 206
job training, counseling and reservoirs of employment projects
Cites 2Cited by 0 across 0 sources