Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 2650 - EMPLOYER TRAINING INVESTMENT PROGRAM › Subpart A - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 2650.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Director - The Director of the Department of Commerce and
				  Economic Opportunity.
Employee Training - Training programs, either on-the-job,
				  classroom or any combination thereof, sponsored by an employer or other
				  eligible grant recipient on behalf of employers, which are intended to provide
				  employees with the skills required to perform their current job or as a
				  condition of continued employment. The employee skill requirements are
				  established by the employer or participating employers and may include basic,
				  technical and managerial skills.
Full-time Employee - An individual who is employed for
				  consideration for at least 35 hours each week or who renders any other standard
				  of service generally accepted by industry custom or practice as full-time
				  employment. [35 ILCS 10/5-5 ]
				  Annually scheduled periods for inventory or repairs, vacations, holidays and
				  paid time for sick leave, vacation or other leave shall be included in this
				  computation of full-time employment. An individual for whom a W-2 is issued by
				  a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is a full-time employee if employed
				  in the service of the Applicant for consideration for at least 35 hours each
				  week or who renders any other standard of service generally accepted by
				  industry custom or practice as full-time employment to the Applicant. [35 ILCS
				  10/5-5] For example, an employee who works 25 hours per week is considered the
				  industry standard for full-time in the package delivery industry and an
				  employee who is employed for at least 35 hours per week during the historical
				  seasonal production is considered the industry standard for full-time in the
				  candy manufacturing industry.
Grantee - Any program applicant whose proposal is funded by
				  the Department through a grant.
Labor Organization - Any collective bargaining unit or any
				  labor entity formed by collective bargaining units such as State labor
				  councils, district labor councils, local central labor councils and
				  international unions as well as the American Federation of Labor and Congress
				  of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
Large Company - A company with facilities in Illinois that
				  employs at least 250 full-time employees. If the grant amount is less than
				  $100,000, the Department shall serve the grantee as a Small to Mid-Sized
				  Company, regardless of size, in circumstances where a grantee would be unduly
				  burdened with the reporting requirements imposed on large companies based on
				  variables including, but not limited to: amount of grant; previous experience;
				  number of employees at start and end of training; term of grant; and number of
				  trainees.
Large Manufacturers Supplier Network - Any company located or
				  with facilities in the State of Illinois that supplies products or services to
				  an original equipment manufacturer or large manufacturing assembly facility in
				  Illinois.
Large Multi-Company Training Project - Any project submitted
				  for the benefit of more than two companies that addresses the common employee
				  training, retraining or skills upgrading needs identified by participating
				  companies. The majority of companies participating in the project shall be
				  large. High Volume Multi-Company Projects ($500,000 or more) and Large
				  Manufacturers Supplier Network Projects, regardless of the size of the
				  participating company, shall also be included in this definition. The
				  participating companies shall not include units of local, municipal, home rule,
				  county, State or federal government or government agencies or
				  government-operated facilities.
Location Activities - Activities necessary to retain existing
				  companies and to attract new companies to Illinois (e.g., training). All
				  location training incentives, regardless of company size, will be treated as
				  large companies for programmatic purposes.
New Employee - An individual who is hired by the grantee
				  during the term of a training contract or who is permanently transferred to
				  Illinois during the term of a training contract.
Planned Permanent Expansion - Any of the following will
				  apply:
Permanent increase in the workforce (no minimum number of new
				  jobs required);
Addition of new product line or expansion of existing product
				  line; or
New capital investment in machinery or equipment.
Retention Activities - Activities necessary to keep existing
				  companies in Illinois that might otherwise leave the State or reduce their
				  workforce (e.g., retraining,
Retraining - The training of an employee with the intent that
				  the employee will learn to perform a significantly different type of job than
				  was previously held by that employee.
Small to Mid-Sized Company - A company with facilities in
				  Illinois that employs fewer than 250 full-time employees. If the grant amount
				  is greater than or equal to $100,000, or if the grant is in connection with a
				  development assistance package subject to applicable recapture provisions
				  pursuant to Section 25 of the Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act
				  [20 ILCS 715/25 ], the
				  Department shall serve the grantee as a large company, regardless of size, in
				  circumstances where a grantee would be better served as a large company based
				  on variables including, but not limited to: amount of grant; previous
				  experience; number of employees at start and end of training; term of grant;
				  and number of trainees.
Small to Mid-Sized Multi-Company Training Project - Any
				  project submitted for the benefit of more than two companies that addresses
				  common employee training, retraining or skills, upgrading needs identified by
				  participating companies. The majority of companies participating in the project
				  shall be small to mid-sized. The participating companies shall not include
				  units of local, municipal, home rule, county, State or federal government or
				  government agencies or government-operated facilities.
Strategic Business Partnership - A formal or informal
				  agreement between more than two businesses with facilities in Illinois where an
				  objective of the partnership is to address employee training or other common
				  workforce development issues among the participating businesses.
Trainee - A full-time existing or newly-hired employee of a
				  company who is participating in a training, retraining or skills upgrading
				  program. Part-time, seasonal, temporary and/or contractual employees are not
				  precluded from being considered trainees for program reimbursement if the
				  employer's primary business activity is in the biotechnology, biomedical or
				  film and television production industries. No participating employee may be an
				  unauthorized alien as defined in
				  8 USC
				  1324 a.
Upgrade Training - The enhancement of employees' job skills
				  with the intent that the employee will continue working at the same type of job
				  (e.g., cross-training of skilled employees).