Texas Labor Code Title 4, Chapter 308 - Texans Work Program

• Texas Section 308.001 - Legislative Intent
  It is the intent of the legislature that this chapter is enacted to enlist employers in a partnership with this state to assist recipients of...
• Texas Section 308.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Division" means the division of workforce development of the commission. (2) "Employer" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.001. (3) "JOBS...
• Texas Section 308.003 - Texans Work Program
  (a) The Texans Work program is created as an integrated system of on-the-job training for certain persons who receive food stamps under the food stamp...
• Texas Section 308.004 - Training Courses; Approval
  (a) Each training course shall be designed by a local participating employer to meet the needs of that employer. The training course must instruct the...
• Texas Section 308.005 - Powers And Duties Of Commission And Division; Guidelines For Training Course Approval
  (a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the program, including establishing the criteria for determining which persons described by Section 308.003(a) may...
• Texas Section 308.006 - Powers And Duties Of Texas Department Of Human Services
  The Texas Department of Human Services shall provide to the commission and a local workforce development board information and technical assistance as necessary to implement...
• Texas Section 308.007 - Rights And Duties Of Participating Employer
  (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...
• Texas Section 308.008 - Rights Of Regular Employees
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), not more than 20 percent of an employer's workforce may consist of trainees under the program. (b) Subsection...
• Texas Section 308.009 - Rights And Duties Of Participating Trainees
  (a) Each trainee who participates in the program shall work during the training course not less than the minimum number of hours required under applicable...
• Texas Section 308.010 - Account
  (a) The Texas employment and training account is established as a special account in the general revenue fund. The account is composed of: (1) employer...
• Texas Section 308.011 - Training Stipend
  (a) The state shall pay to each trainee who demonstrates satisfactory participation in a training program approved under this chapter a monthly training stipend in...
• Texas Section 308.012 - Report; Records
  (a) The commission shall collect information and maintain records regarding: (1) the operation and outcome of the program; (2) impediments identified by the commission that...

Last modified: September 28, 2016