Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 430 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE › Title 430 CMR 14.00 - Workforce training fund › Section 14.03 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The following words and phrases shall have the following
				meanings unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context of
				430 CMR 14.01 through
				14.10:
Commissioner means the commissioner as defined by M.G.L. c.
				151A, §1.
High concentration of low-skilled workers means an incidence of
				workers who lack high school degrees or hold low wage jobs which exceeds the
				average incidence of such workers in the Massachusetts labor force.
High level of unemployment means an unemployment rate which
				equaled or exceeded 125% of the statewide average unemployment rate during the
				most recent calendar year.
Low-wage worker means a worker whose average weekly wage is
				less than 50% of the most recent average weekly wage as determined under M.G.L.
				c. 151A, § 29 subsection (a).
Region means service delivery area as defined by 20 CFR
				§626.5.
Regional employment board means the board established by St.
				1988 c. 164, § 105.
Small business means an enterprise with less than 500
				employees.
Technical Assistance means one or more of the following
				activities: helping companies or their employees identify their training needs
				and link such needs to a training plan; developing that training plan;
				providing information on potential training providers to companies or their
				employees; and assisting applicants to complete applications for training
				grants from the Workforce Training Fund or other sources.
Wage sufficient to support a family means a wage which exceeds
				50% of most recent average weekly wage as determined under M.G.L. c. 151A,
				§ 29 subsection (a).
Workforce development blueprint means the analysis conducted
				from time to time by Regional Employment Boards of industry and occupational
				growth trends at the service delivery area level.
Workforce Training Fund means the Fund established by M.G.L. c.
				29, § 2RR and funded under M.G.L. c. 151A, § 14L for the purpose of
				providing grants and assistance for worker training. Such Fund is separate and
				distinct from the employer's unemployment insurance contributions accounts and
				from the solvency account established under M.G.L. c. 151A, §14.
Workforce Training Fund Advisory Panel means a standing
				advisory body consisting of members of the Advisory Council as established by
				M.G.L. c. 23, § 9N(a) and other individuals who possess an expertise in
				private sector workforce training as selected by the commissioner. Such other
				individuals may include persons drawn from industries, labor organizations and
				enterprises with substantial experience in the design and delivery of such
				training; persons who by background and experience are able to evaluate the
				financial condition of business enterprises and can therefore offer an informed
				opinion as to whether the award of a training grant to a company would
				represent a sound investment of public dollars; persons whose primary
				responsibilities are to represent and advocate for the workplace interests of
				employees; and persons who have substantial experience in analyzing the
				effectiveness of workforce training strategies. The number of such individuals
				shall not exceed five. The duties and responsibilities of such body are, but
				are not limited to,
1. assisting in the development of policies and procedures for
				carrying out the provisions of section M.G.L. c. 29, § 2RR;
2. evaluating the outcomes of the grants or technical
				assistance provided under said M.G.L. c. 29, § 2RR;
3. recommending changes to existing policies and
				procedures,
4. providing advice and recommendations to the commissioner
				regarding the approval of applications for funds for training grants in
				accordance with
				430 CMR
				14.07(2);
5. providing advice and recommendations to the commissioner
				regarding the approval of applications for funds for technical assistance
				activities, and
6. providing advice and comments to the commissioner on the
				report to the legislature required by M.G.L. c. 29,
				§2RR(d).