New York Labor Law Article 24 - WORKER ADJUSTMENT ACT

  • 835 - Definitions.
    For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Additional dislocated workers" means a displaced homemaker who is an...
  • 836 - Administration.
    Except as is otherwise provided herein, the administration of the worker adjustment program shall be carried out by the department in consultation with the department...
  • 837 - State Plan.
    1. The governor shall be responsible for preparation and submission of a biennial plan. The plan shall be prepared with input from the department, the...
  • 838 - Substate Grantees.
    1. Substate grantees shall be designated on a biennial basis through agreement between the governor, local elected officials and private industry councils pursuant to the...
  • 839 - Substate Plans.
    1. Substate grantees are required to submit a substate plan for review and comment to the local elected officials and the private industry council and...
  • 840 - State Level Activities, Rapid Response.
    1. The state shall be responsible for rapid response activities pursuant to section 312.1 of the federal Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300), coordination of...
  • 841 - Regional and Demonstration Projects.
    1. Demonstration projects. (a) The state unit shall conduct statewide projects and demonstration programs to address the needs of distressed industries and to provide for...
  • 842 - Monitoring.
    The state unit will monitor the implementation of substate plans and, as needed, shall make additional funds available to the substate grantees, pursuant to subdivision...
  • 843 - Employer Specific Skills Training.
    1. The department shall enter into agreements with the commissioner of education to pay for the participation of dislocated workers in employer specific short-term skill...
  • 844 - Feasibility Studies.
    The department of economic development shall conduct preliminary assessments of the advisability of conducting a comprehensive study exploring the feasibility of having a company or...
  • 845 - Coordination.
    State dislocated worker programs funded under this section shall, to the fullest extent possible, coordinate with other federal, state and local programs before initiating activity...
  • 846 - Substate Level Activities.
    1. (a) Grantees shall use funds allotted to them pursuant to section eight hundred forty-eight of this article to provide to eligible dislocated workers the...
  • 847 - Limitations on Uses of Funds.
    1. Not less than sixty percent of the funds expended by substate grantees must be used for retraining services as defined in section eight hundred...
  • 848 - Apportionment of Funds.
    1. For activities included in section eight hundred forty of this article the department may retain no more than thirty-six percent of the funds allocated...
  • 849 - Reporting and Evaluation.
    Reporting and evaluation requirements prescribed by this article shall conform with those stipulated in article forty-nine of the executive law, the workforce preparation evaluation act.

Last modified: February 3, 2019