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V.I. Code tit. 24, § 82 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 82. Full Employment Administration

 There is hereby created within the Office of the Governor an independent agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands to be designated as the “Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration”. The powers of the Administration shall be vested in and exercised by the Governor. The administrative functions of the Administration shall be carried out by the Administrator, who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislature, for a term of four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The Administrator shall receive an annual salary of $16,000. Additional personnel may be employed by the Administrator subject to the provisions of chapter 25 of Title 3 of this Code. The Administration may also retain the services of additional personnel, including professional and technical services, on a contract basis.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 84 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 84. Objectives of Administration

 The function and objectives of the Administration shall be, to the limit of funds available for such purposes and in cooperation with Federal and Territorial departments and agencies and the private sector, to generate maximum employment opportunities in the public and private sectors of the economy by every available means, including but not limited to job training programs, special public works projects sponsored by Government agencies or, if deemed necessary, by the Administration, and through appropriate incentives to private employers.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 85 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 85. Unemployment data system

 The Administration shall, in cooperation with the Department of Labor, the Employment Security Agency and other Government agencies, maintain a data system to provide continuing information on the unemployed categorized by age, sex, family responsibility and other factors designed to assist the Administration in meeting its objectives. The Administration shall also conduct studies and surveys relative to under-employment, for the establishment of pilot projects and special job incentive programs, to determine present and future job skill requirements and the present and projected supply of such skills.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 86 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 86. Individuals eligible for training programs

 (a) No individual shall be approved by the Administrator for admission to a training program unless the Administrator finds in accordance with regulations prescribed by him, that: (1) Suitable employment opportunities for the individual are or may be substantially limited because: (i) The individual lacks skills needed to obtain suitable fulltime employment, or (ii) Existing or prospective conditions in the market, technological change, plant closing or removal, discontinuance of specific plant operations, the seasonal nature of the industry or other factors reduce or limit employment opportunities for the individual in his present occupation or skill; and (2) The individual has the required qualifications and aptitude to complete the program successfully. (b) In the cases of eligible persons between 16 and 21 years of age, the Administration shall seek to place such persons in an approved training program whenever possible, although persons within this age group shall be eligible for all the benefits provided by this chapter. Eligible persons over 21 years of age shall be placed in regular employment positions whenever possible.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 87 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 87. Training programs

 (a) The Administrator shall develop and approve the development of training programs for training participants. (b) To implement the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator may enter into agreement with training program sponsors for the development and operation of training programs. The Administrator, in accordance with standards prescribed by him, may reimburse training program sponsors for training program costs for a period not to exceed two years, within the amounts available for appropriation. (c) In approving any training program under this chapter, the Administrator shall give due consideration to existing and prospective conditions of the labor market in the Virgin Islands, taking into account the present and anticipated supply of, and demand for, labor in the occupation or skill to which the training program relates, and to other relevant factors. The Administrator shall not approve any training program unless he determines, in accordance with regulations as he may prescribe, that: (1) The program relates to an occupation or skill for which there are, or are expected to be in the immediate future, reasonable employment opportunities in the Virgin Islands; and (2) The program will not result in the displacement of employed workers: and (3) The training program sponsor is competent and reliable, and has adequate and safe facilities, and adequate training personnel; and (4) The content of the training program is adequate, and will result in the qualification of trainees for suitable employment; and (5) The training program sponsor has agreed to maintain records of attendance and progress of training program participants and to furnish any information and reports, as the Administrator may prescribe by regulation. (d) If a training program approved by the Administrator fails to meet the standards provided in subsection (c) of this section, or if a training program sponsor breaches any of his undertakings, the Administrator, after due notice and an opportunity for the sponsor to be heard, may cancel, terminate or suspend the agreement with the sponsor in whole or in part. Other sanctions may be imposed and remedies invoked as provided by law.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 88 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 88. Standards for allowance

 (a) The Administrator, in accordance with standards prescribed by him, may pay: (1) Training allowances to training program participants; (2) Subsistence allowances to training program participants who are required to live away from their normal residence to attend a training program; (3) Transportation allowances to training program participants who are required to travel substantial distances to attend a training program. (b) In setting standards for these allowances, the Administrator shall take into consideration data relating to the costs of living to training program participants, any wages or unemployment compensation paid to participants, and, in the case of transportation allowances, the costs of transportation involved. (c) The Administrator may make advance payments of the allowances to training program participants who, because of immediate financial needs for the maintenance of themselves or their dependents pending receipt of allowances, would otherwise be unable to enter upon or continue training.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 89 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 89. Training programs; unemployment compensation

 Notwithstanding any provision of the Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance Laws, an eligible person participating in a training program shall not become ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits solely because of his attendance at a training program which the Administrator has approved and continues to approve from time to time for such eligible persons. (a) Job agents shall be selected for their ability to understand and work with eligible persons to be served by the provisions of this chapter, their educational background and other factors, including, but not limited to, military experience, related work experience and vocational training. (b) The Director of Personnel shall prepare a special examination for job agents in accordance with the criteria established by this section. The Administrator shall cooperate in the development of such examinations and shall use the probationary period to insure that these selection criteria are maintained. At such times as job performance standards have been developed and performance measurement is feasible, the Administrator shall recommend to the Director of Personnel the establishment of a form of compensation for job agents based primarily on the job agent's achievement in obtaining successful completion of training and employment goals by eligible persons. (c) The Administrator shall conduct training programs for job agents and shall provide job agents with any information necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such programs shall be developed in consultation with the Board. (d) The job agent shall provide each eligible person with such job training, placement and related services necessary to his employability on an individualized basis by means of the following: (1) The development of a training and employment plan for each individual served; (2) Procuring from public and private agencies and individuals, the training and related services required by each individual eligible person; (3) A continuing review and evaluation of each individual's progress up to and including placement and retention in employment for at least 18 months; (4) A postemployment followup at intervals to be determined by the Administrator; (5) Assistance in overcoming obstacles which threaten to deter the progress of the eligible person through the various programs. (e) The training and employment plan for each eligible person assigned to a job agent shall be considered successfully completed when the goal specified in the eligible person's plan has been achieved or after 18 months of continuous employment. The goal in each plan shall be related to the employment potential of each eligible person served.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 92 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 92. Federal private funds

 The Administration may request, accept and utilize for the purposes of this chapter funds and assistance from any Federal department or agency or private source. The Administration, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized to sponsor projects originated under Federal law, to act as constituent or delegating agency and to supervise the use of said funds in accordance with this chapter and Federal law.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 93 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 93. Nondiscrimination

 The provisions of Title 19 of this Code, pertaining to civil rights, shall specifically apply to all special work projects, employment programs, job training programs or retraining programs provided by this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 94 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 94. Conformity to Federal law

 If the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare or any Federal agency issues a formal ruling that any provision of this chapter pertaining to job training, retraining, special work projects or employment programs cannot be given effect without causing the Territory's plan to be out of conformity with Federal requirements or does not otherwise conform with Federal requirements, with the approval of the Governor that provision shall become inoperative to the extent that it does not conform.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 95 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 95. Employment Development Fund

 (a) There is created and established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund to be designated the Employment Development Fund. The Commissioner of Finance shall maintain and provide for the administration of said Fund as a separate and distinct fund in the Treasury, and no fund shall be available for expenditure except as provided by this chapter or other applicable law. (b) All monies from whatever source to be used for the purposes of this chapter, except that for administrative purposes of the Administration shall be deposited in the Fund. Monies may be disbursed by the Commissioner of Finance at the discretion of the Administrator with the approval of the Governor.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 96 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter I - Virgin Islands Full Employment Administration|§ 96. Rules and regulations

 The Administrator shall prescribe rules and regulations implementing the provisions of this chapter, which shall become effective in accordance with applicable law.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 98 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter II - Administration and Training|§ 98. Surcharge for deposit into Labor Administration and Training Fund

 (a) A surcharge of one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) of the taxable wages paid shall accrue and become payable by each employer every quarter of each calendar year subject to the limitations on wages established in section 308(c) of this title. The surcharge shall become due and be paid by each employer to the Department of Labor to be remitted to the Commissioner of Finance and deposited in the Labor Administrative and Training Fund as established under section 99 of this subchapter, and shall not be deducted, in whole or in part, from the wages of individuals in employment for the employer. (b) Any employer who fails to pay the surcharge, as provided under this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 for each month the surcharge remains unpaid.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 99 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 4 - Full Employment Administration|Subchapter II - Administration and Training|§ 99. Labor Administrative and Training Fund

 (a) There is established in the Treasury of the Government of the Virgin Islands a special fund, separate and apart from all other public money or funds of the Government of the Virgin Islands, to be known as the “Labor Administrative and Training Fund” (hereinafter the “Fund”). (b) The Fund shall consist of the surcharge collected under the provisions of section 98 of this subchapter. Moneys in the fund may not be commingled with other funds of the Government of the Virgin Islands, but shall be maintained in a separate account on the books of the depository bank. (c)  (1) The Commissioner of Finance shall be the custodian of the Fund. Monies in the Fund shall be disbursed from the Fund by the Commissioner of Finance at the direction of the Commissioner of Labor exclusively for the purposes provided in subsection (d) of this section. (2) The Commissioner of Finance shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful performance of his duties in connection with the Fund. The liability on the official bond shall be effective immediately upon the enactment of this section, and the liability exists in addition to the liability upon any other separate bond that may be given by the Commissioner. All funds recovered on any official bond for losses sustained by the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund. The premium for the official bond authorized under this subsection shall be paid from the fund. (3) Monies in the Fund shall remain available to the Commissioner of Labor until expended. (d) The moneys in the Fund shall be used exclusively for the following purposes: (1) $100,000 of the money collected each fiscal year under this subchapter shall be appropriated to the Department of Labor to administer the provisions of section 98 of this subchapter including the payment of salaries. The payment of the administrative expenses provided for under this paragraph shall be appropriated and apportioned before any other appropriation is made in accordance with the provisions of this subsection. (2) Forty percent of the monies collected each fiscal year shall be deposited into the Union Arbitration Award and Government Employees Increment Fund established in title 33, section 3066, of this Code. (3) Twenty percent of the monies collected each fiscal year shall be appropriated to the Division of Personnel to train government employees. (4) Forty percent of the monies collected each fiscal year shall be used to train eligible persons, as defined in section 81(8) of this title, in the areas of computer programming, computer repairs, computer security, web page designing, electronics maintenance and other related areas associated with the computer, internet, and electronics industries.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 451 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Discrimination in Employment|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 451. Unlawful practices

 (a) In addition to other remedies, any person who has been discriminated against as defined in this section may bring an action for compensatory and punitive damages in any court of competent jurisdiction. The court in such action shall award to the plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and costs of the action, in addition to any judgment in favor of the plaintiff. (b) For the purposes of this section, the terms “because of sex” or “as to sex” include, but are not limited to: (1) because of sexual harassment and; (2) because of or as to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; and women affected by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions shall be treated the same for all employment-related purposes, including receipt of benefits under disability benefit, sick leave, and medical benefit programs, as other persons not so affected but similar in their ability or inability to work, and nothing in section 460 of this chapter pertaining to bona fide occupational classifications shall be interpreted to permit otherwise.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 451a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Discrimination in Employment|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 451a. Retaliation against employees prohibited

 (a) An employer shall not discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against an employee regarding the employee's compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports or is about to report, verbally or in writing, a violation or a suspected violation of this chapter, regulation or rule promulgated pursuant to law of this territory or the United States to a public body, unless the employee knows that the report is false, or because an employee is requested by a public body to participate in an investigation, hearing or inquiry held by that public body, or a court action. (b) In addition to the remedies provided in sections 453 through 455 of this chapter, a person who alleges a violation of this section may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief, or actual damages, or both, within ninety days after the occurrence of the alleged violation of the provisions of this section. (c) An action commenced pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may be brought in the Superior Court division where the alleged violation occurred, the Superior Court division where the complainant resides, or the division where the person against whom the civil complaint is filed resides or has his principal place of business. (d) As used in subsection (b) of this section, “damages” means damages for injury or loss caused by each individual violation of the provisions of this section, including reasonable attorney fees. (e) An employee shall show by a preponderance of the evidence that he or a person acting on his behalf was about to report or did report, verbally or in writing, a violation or a suspected violation of this chapter, or the law of the United States, to a public body.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 452 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Discrimination in Employment|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 452. Enforcement agency; investigations; conciliation

 The Department of Labor, hereinafter referred to as the “department”, shall have jurisdiction over the subject of employment practices and discrimination made unlawful by this chapter. When it shall appear to it that an unlawful employment practice or discrimination may have been committed, the department shall make a prompt investigation in connection therewith. If it determines after such investigation that further action is warranted, the department shall immediately endeavor to eliminate the unlawful employment practice or discrimination complained of by conference, conciliation and persuasion.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 453 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Discrimination in Employment|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 453. Complaint

 (a) Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged unlawful employment practice or discrimination may file with the department a verified complaint in writing which shall state the name and address of the person, employer, or employment agency alleged to have committed the unlawful practice or discrimination complained of and which shall set forth the particulars thereof and contain such other information as may be required by the department. The Attorney General may, in like manner, make, sign and file such complaint. (b) No complaint shall be filed after the expiration of one hundred and eighty days after the alleged act of unlawful employment practice or discrimination.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 454 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 17 - Discrimination in Employment|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 454. Investigation; conciliation; hearing

 (a) After the filing of any accusation, an investigation shall be made and an attempt to eliminate such practice or discrimination shall be made as provided in section 402 of this title, unless such attempt has previously been made. (b) In case of failure to eliminate such practice or discrimination, or in advance thereof, if in the judgment of the department, circumstances warrant, a written accusation, together with a copy of such complaint as the same may have been amended, shall be issued and served requiring the person, employer, or employment agency named in such accusation, hereinafter referred to as “respondent” to answer the charges of such accusation at a hearing.