Tex. Lab. Code § 308.007 · Chapter 308. TEXANS WORK PROGRAM
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each employer who participates in the program shall provide a work-training position for trainees under a contract entered into with the local workforce development board or with the commission.
(b) The employer shall interview and select the employer's trainees from a list of eligible clients that is provided to the employer by the local workforce development board or the commission.
(c) In the operation of a training course, a participating employer may use training methods selected by the employer as long as those methods instruct the trainees in the applicable skill at the applicable standards.
(d) An employer who participates in the program is not liable for the payment of payroll taxes or contributions to the unemployment compensation system for a trainee and is not obligated to provide health insurance coverage or retirement or pension benefits for the trainee. An employer is responsible to the JOBS training program only for quality training, skills certification, and reporting of attendance.
(e) During the training course, the employer shall pay $300 per month for each trainee to the commission in the manner prescribed by the commission. The commission shall deposit the amount in the general revenue fund to the credit of the Texas employment and training account.
(f) A trainee is considered an employee of the employer for purposes of Section 401.012.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 456, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.308.htm
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