La. Admin. Code tit. 40 § IV-359

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section IV-359 - Approved Training Definition

Approved Training - training to which an individual has been referred by the administrator of the Louisiana Workforce Commission or his duly authorized representative.

1. Referral to training will be made to vocational training, basic education or other short term vocationally directed academic courses designed to develop a particular skill.

2. Approval of training in such types of courses may also be given, upon application, if the individual has been accepted as a student at a school or course approved by the Louisiana Department of Education, which is designed to make the individual employable or more employable in an occupation that is in demand and there is reasonable expectation that the individual will be employed upon completion, except no approval will be given to any training course taken primarily for credit toward the degree requirements of baccalaureate or advanced degree, and no approval will be given to a training course which will take longer than 104 weeks to complete

3. No training will be approved for an individual unless it is found that the demands for his present skills are minimal and not likely to improve under present circumstances.

a. The individual in training will be required to furnish reports from the training facility concerning his attendance. Unsatisfactory attendance attested to by the training facility shall constitute grounds for terminating application of the provisions of R.S. 23:1602(1) to the individual unless good cause is shown for the unsatisfactory attendance.

La. Admin. Code tit. 40, § IV-359

Promulgated by the Department of Labor, Office of Employment Security, LR 15:495 (June 1989), amended by the Department of Employment and Training, Office of Employment Security, LR 17:47 (January 1991), amended by the Workforce Commission, Office of Unemployment Insurance, LR 39:1838 (July 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 23:1471-1713.