N.H. Admin. Code § Cor 409.01 - Job Assignments

(a) Residents shall be assigned to a work or training program unless medically unable to participate.

(b) Residents who by virtue of age, physical incapacity, or mental incapacity cannot work shall not be required to work but such residents shall have the opportunity to participate in vocational training, education, and recreation programs commensurate with their physical or mental ability. Classification staff shall remove such a resident from a job and place the resident in non-working status on a permanent basis, only after staff from the division of medical and forensic services provide classification staff with information substantiating the medical or behavioral capacity issues warranting such decision.

(c) Assignments to work and training areas shall be made through the following:

(1) Classification evaluations;

(2) A "Job Change Request Form" completed and approved by the classification staff during one of the quarterly job fairs; or

(3) A "Job Change Request Form" approved by classification staff based on institutional needs.

(d) Assignment to a specific job shall be based on the following:

(1) Classification score of the resident;

(2) Needs of the institution; and

(3) Needs and skills of the resident.

(e) Available areas of work and training shall be as follows:

(1) Correctional industries;

(2) Custodial assignments;

(3) Service related jobs in the kitchen, laundry, warehouse, or maintenance department;

(4) Vocational training;

(5) Education; and

(6) Reduced custody programs.

(f) Job fairs shall be held at each prison facility on a quarterly basis within each calendar year in order to present potential employment opportunities to residents. This process shall allow residents to request a change in their current job assignment without going through formal classification hearings for those jobs that do not affect their overall classification scores. Those residents not wishing, or not being recommended, to stay in their present assignment shall attend the job fair to seek other employment.

(g) To seek a job change the resident shall complete a "Job Change Request Form" pursuant to Cor 409.03, below.

(h) No staff member shall sign-off a job change request to any state certified vocational training program unless it has been verified that the resident has:

(1) Achieved a minimum grade level of 7.5 in reading and math on the tests of adult basic education (TABE);

(2) Earned a verified high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate; or

(3) Successfully completed all pre-requisite courses.

(i) The classification staff shall reassign residents to any job that needs to be done at a departmental facility.

(j) The resident may appeal the decision for an unrequested job change on a "Request Slip" form pursuant to Cor 312, to the classification staff stating the reasons for his or her disagreement. If the classification staff upholds the job change, an appeal may be made to the administrator of classification and client records on a "Request Slip" form, pursuant to Cor 312.

(k) Residents who work in the health services center or who may be exposed to infectious diseases or blood borne pathogens in their work assignment shall be required to attend infection control training.

Notes

N.H. Admin. Code § Cor 409.01

Derived from Volume XXXIX Number 24, Filed June 13, 2019, Proposed by #12777, Effective 5/11/2019, Expires 5/11/2029. Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 41, Filed October 10, 2019, Proposed by #12886, Effective 9/28/2019, Expires 9/28/2029.