Section DWD 60.07 - Selection of suitable locations(1) DETERMINATION. (a) The department may establish a business at a particular location only if establishment of the enterprise at that location is likely to contribute to the development of significant economic opportunities for the blind and is likely to provide for the most productive use of program assets.(b) The determination under par. (a) shall be made on the basis of an evaluation of relevant factors disclosed and recorded as the result of a survey of the location. Factors to be evaluated shall include population, traffic, competition, continued availability of the location, type of premises and potential return on investment. (2) EFFECT OF LOSS OF SALES. (a)Closing or converting the business. If the business enterprise established under sub. (1) is adversely affected by factors beyond the control of the department or of the operator so that there is at least a 35% decline in sales at that location from one 3-month period to the next or a reduction to zero sales in a shorter period of time, the department may close that business enterprise or convert it to a vending machine operation and may establish a new business enterprise under sub. (1) at a different location. The amount of loss shall be reviewed and verified by the department.(b)Transfer following loss of sales.1. The operator affected by par. (a) may request transfer to another location, and, subject to par. (c), shall be given preference in the selection process under s. DWD 60.08 when the next 2 program vacancies occur, regardless of income or location of the program vacancies within the state, except that preferential transfer rights shall not apply to seasonal operators.2. If the operator affected by par. (a) elects not to transfer to one of the next 2 available openings, his or her priority for transfer shall be exhausted and further transfer shall be in accordance with s. DWD 60.08. (c)Transfer dependent on satisfactory performance and ability to handle new tasks. An operator may transfer under this subsection only if his or her past performance is judged satisfactory by the department with the active participation of the committee and with consideration of the views of building management in the affected location, and if the department finds that the operator is able to perform the anticipated new tasks. The new tasks may result from a change in management responsibilities, increased scope of the business, change in number and type of employes or change in overall job duties. If an otherwise competent operator lacks the skills needed in the new enterprise, the department shall help the operator acquire those skills through an appropriate retraining program.(d)Probationary period following transfer. An operator who transfers to a new location under this subsection shall serve a probationary period as described in s. DWD 60.08(6).Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development DWD 60.07
Cr. Register, May, 1983, No. 329, eff. 6-1-83; r. and recr. Register, April, 1987, No. 376, eff. 5-1-87.