Texas Labor Code
§ 302.009 — JOB PLACEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM
LA § 302.009Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT · Part B. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT SERVICES · Ch. 302. DIVISION OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission by rule shall develop a job placement incentive program under which persons with whom local workforce development boards contract for employment services under Chapter 2308, Government Code, are provided incentives for placing recipients of financial assistance and nonrecipient parents participating in employment programs under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, in higher-wage jobs, as determined by the commission.
(b)In developing guidelines for the job placement incentive program, the commission shall:
(1)define measures for higher-wage jobs based on:
(A)locally appropriate indicators of the wages necessary to lift recipients of employment services out of poverty and into self-sufficiency; and
(B)the self-sufficiency wage developed for each local workforce development board under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 et seq.); and
(2)involve representatives of local workforce development boards in developing guidelines for the program and the measures for higher-wage jobs.
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1300 (S.B. 589), Sec. 17, eff. June 15, 2007.