(1)
Eligibility terms.
"DWD" means the department of workforce
development, the department responsible for the administration of the
program.
"Employed" means:
1. An individual who, during the seven
consecutive days prior to the application, did any type of work including
working as a paid employee; working in the individual's own business,
profession or farm; or working 15 or more hours as an unpaid worker in an
enterprise operated by a member of the family; or
2. An individual who is not working, but has
a job or business from which the individual is temporarily absent because of
illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management dispute, or a personal reason,
whether or not paid by the employer for time off, and whether or not seeking
another job; or
3. Members of the
armed forces who have not been discharged or separated; or
4. Participants in registered apprenticeship
programs.
"Employed part-time" means an individual who
is defined as being employed but is regularly scheduled for work less than 30
hours per week.
"Not in the work force " means a civilian 14
years of age or older who is not classified as employed, unemployed or employed
part-time.
"Underemployed" means a working individual
whose annualized wage rate does not exceed the higher of either the poverty
income level for a family-of-one as established by the federal office of
management and budget or 70 percent of the lower living standard income level
for a family-of-one.
"Unemployed" means an individual who did not
work during the seven consecutive days prior to application, who made specific
efforts to find a job within the past four weeks prior to application, and who
was available for work during the seven consecutive days prior to application
(except for temporary illness).
"WDB" means the workforce development
board.
(2)
Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA) terms. The definition of JTPA terms such as
private industry council (PIC), local elected official (LEO), service delivery
area (SDA), administrative entity and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) can
be found in the Job Training Partnership Act (PL. 97-300) and its implementing
regulations at 20
CFR Part
626 et al. (September 22, 1989).
