(a) The Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, establish and operate the Incumbent Worker Training Program, the purposes of which shall be to: (1) Sustain high growth occupation and economically vital industries identified by such commissioners; and (2) assist workers in obtaining skills to start or move up their career ladders. Such job training program may include training designed to increase the basic skills of employees, including, but not limited to, training in written and oral communication, mathematics or science, or training in technical and technological skills and such other training as such commissioners determine is necessary to meet the needs of the employer. No more than five per cent of the appropriation for the program may be used for administrative purposes.
(b) Not less than fifty per cent of the cost of such training shall be borne by the employer requesting the training.
(c) Fifty per cent of any funds appropriated for the Incumbent Worker Training Program in a fiscal year shall be used for companies that have not received Incumbent Worker Training Program funding in the previous three fiscal years.
(d) The Labor Commissioner shall allocate funds for the Incumbent Worker Training Program on a regional basis and may designate an entity to administer such program in each region.
(e) The application for the Incumbent Worker Training Program shall be on a form prescribed by the Labor Commissioner.
(f) The Labor Commissioner is authorized to adopt, pursuant to chapter 54, any regulations required to carry out this section.
(P.A. 06-187, S. 14; P.A. 07-166, S. 10; P.A. 13-140, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 06-187 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-166 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(2), effective June 19, 2007; P.A. 13-140 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re Labor Commissioner to consult with Commissioners of Economic and Community Development and Education and replacing “Twenty-First Century Skills Training Program” with “Incumbent Worker Training Program”, added new Subsecs. (c), (d) and (e) re use and allocation of funds and application form for the program, and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (f), effective June 18, 2013.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 556 - Labor Department
Section 31-1. - Labor Department. Commissioner.
Section 31-2. - Powers and duties of commissioner.
Section 31-2a and 31-2b. - Statistical services. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Section 31-2d. - Office of Workforce Competitiveness. Orders. Regulations.
Section 31-3. - Investigation of employment. Special agents authorized.
Section 31-3a. - Manpower development and planning studies and programs.
Section 31-3aa. - Report re self-employment assistance pilot program.
Section 31-3b. - Contracts with or funds from public or private agency or source.
Section 31-3bb. - Program report cards re employment placement.
Section 31-3c. - Job training program for specific employers.
Section 31-3cc. - Collection and analysis of data re gender and other bias in training programs.
Section 31-3d. - Work training opportunities programs.
Section 31-3dd. - Recommendation re budget targets.
Section 31-3ee. - Pilot program for TFA recipients. Report on pilot program for TFA recipients.
Section 31-3f. - Employment training benefits voucher.
Section 31-3ff. - Job Training Partnership Act payments.
Section 31-3g. - Assistance to displaced homemakers. Regulations.
Section 31-3gg. - One-stop centers.
Section 31-3h. - Governor's Workforce Council; duties.
Section 31-3hh. - Regional workforce development board contracts. Regulations.
Section 31-3i. - Governor's Workforce Council: Members.
Section 31-3ii. - Adult education pilot program for incumbent workers. Report.
Section 31-3j. - Regional workforce development boards: Definitions.
Section 31-3jj. - Job training; English as a second language instruction.
Section 31-3k. - Regional workforce development boards: Duties and responsibilities.
Section 31-3kk. - Funds for incumbent worker training programs.
Section 31-3l. - Regional workforce development boards: Members.
Section 31-3ll. - Incumbent Worker Training Program. Regulations.
Section 31-3m. - Agencies involved in employment and training. Duties and responsibilities.
Section 31-3mm. - Youth employment and training funds.
Section 31-3n. - Regulations. Duties of Labor Commissioner and Chief Workforce Officer.
Section 31-3nn. - Mortgage crisis job training program.
Section 31-3o. - Duties of the Governor's Workforce Council.
Section 31-3pp. - Subsidized Training and Employment program.
Section 31-3rr. - Career ladder in green technology industry.
Section 31-3s. - Subsidized employment program for general assistance recipients.
Section 31-3u. - Assistance to employers for job training and meeting ISO 9000 quality standards.
Section 31-3uu. - Unemployed Armed Forces Member Subsidized Training and Employment program.
Section 31-3w. - Establishment of state-wide network of job centers.
Section 31-3ww. - Qualified apprenticeship training program.
Section 31-3x. - Funding. Application for federal waivers.
Section 31-3xx. - Quick-reference guide for workers fifty years of age or older.
Section 31-3y and 31-3z. - Self-employment assistance: Definitions. Regulations.
Section 31-3yy. - Report cards re employment placement programs.
Section 31-4. - Immigrant laborers; protection; penalty for defrauding; printed material re rights.
Section 31-5. - State employment bureaus. Branches.
Section 31-8. - Appeal from orders of commissioner.
Section 31-9. - Factory inspection. Deputy commissioner. Report.
Section 31-10. - Deputy inspectors. Prosecution for violations.
Section 31-11. - Hindering inspector.
Section 31-11a. - Employee Dislocation Allowance Fund established.