The following words and terms, when used in these rules, shall
have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
"Affirmative action" means a program or
procedure intended to provide or foster employment opportunities for members of
groups pursuant to legislation, court order, consent decree, government
contracts or other fair employment practice authority.
"Alien " means a foreign-born resident who has
not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a foreign
country.
"CFR " means Code of Federal
Regulations.
"DOT" means dictionary of occupational
titles.
"Employer " means a corporation, company,
partnership, or organization that provides a job and pays wages for a salary to
devote toward a particular activity.
"Farm labor contractor " means any person who,
for a fee, either for self or on behalf of another person, recruits, solicits,
hires, furnishes, or transports migrant workers for agricultural
employment.
"General provisions" means items imposed by
the United States federal government to be considered as part of the
contract.
"Migrant" means a seasonal farm worker whose
farm work experience during the preceding 12 months required travel such that
the worker was unable to return to such worker's residence (domicile) in the
same day.
"Migrant food processing worker " means a
person who has had experience during the preceding 12 months doing food
processing for a scheduled period of 150 days or less provided that it required
travel such that the worker was unable to return to such worker's residence
(domicile) in the same day.
"Monitor advocate" means a position within the
division of workforce development center administration established to monitor
procedures to ensure compliance with Title 20, Code of Federal Regulations,
Parts 653.111, 658.400 through 658.414 and 658.500 through 658.502.
"OJT" means on-the-job training.
"Public service employer" means a nonprofit
organization or political jurisdiction or subdivision thereof.
"Questionable " means one who has a previous
history of physical or mental health problems."Re:" means with
regard to.
"Reverse referral system " means an agreement
between the division of workforce development center administration and an
employer whereby the employer does not register walk-in employment seekers but
refers them to the division of workforce development center administration
where division employees perform the initial interviewing and preliminary
personnel tasks. The names of those applicants who indicate an interest in
working for a particular employer are placed in a file at the workforce
development center. When an opening is listed for a particular employer, an
interviewer employed by the department of workforce development reviews the
applicants and those persons found to be best qualified are referred to the
employer in a number specified by the employer. The interviewer determines
compliance with the civil rights Act and other statutory requirements for job
applicant referral.
"Seasonal farm worker" means a person who has
at least 25 days' experience during the preceding 12 months working for wages
in farm work for a scheduled period of 150 consecutive days or less in any one
establishment engaged in agricultural production or agricultural services.
Nonmigrant individuals who are full-time students are excluded. For the purpose
of this definition, an individual who is hired repeatedly on a short-term basis
is a seasonal farm worker even if this results in such individual working for
any one agricultural establishment for a period of 150 consecutive days or
more.
"Select" means designated and established by
the division of workforce development center administration.
"Selection " means the process of choosing
suitably qualified applicants using the application form for referral to job
openings in a number specified by the employer.
"State workforce development office staff"
means a person employed by a workforce development center of the division of
workforce development center administration.
"Veteran" means a person who served in the
active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released
therefrom with other than a dishonorable discharge.
"Waiver" means the act of intentionally
relinquishing or abandoning a known right, claim, or privilege or an instrument
evidencing such act.
"Where appropriate " means when the applicant
has previously been a client.
This rule is intended to implement Code of Federal Regulations,
Part V, Chapter 20, Section 604.1, dtd. November 2, 1976, and Iowa Code section
96.10,
96.11
and
96.19.
