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Work-Based Learning
A Work-Based Learning activities are sustained interactions with industry or community professionals in real world settings to the extent practicable, or simulated environments at an educational institution that foster in-depth, firsthand engagement with the tasks required in each career field, that are aligned to curriculum and instruction. Work-Based Learning emphasizes employer engagement, includes specific training objectives, and leads to regular employment. Work-Based Learning can include Subsidized Employment, Work Experience, Pre-apprenticeship, Apprenticeship, On-the-Job Training, and Internships. Work-Based Learning can also include both subsidized and unsubsidized employment models whereby employment & training funds are used to subsidize the participant’s wage.
Work-based learning activities must comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and all other applicable labor laws. Labor standards apply in any work experience setting where an employee/employer relationship exists. Labor standards include but are not limited to:
- Participants must receive the same benefits and working conditions as non-CalFresh E&T participants doing comparable work for comparable hours including holidays, sick pay, vacation, and medical insurance;
- The employer or CalFresh E&T provider must provide worker’s compensation coverage;
- Participants must be paid the same amount as other comparable workers;
- Participants must be paid a wage at least equal to the local, state or federal minimum wage, whichever is highest;
- Participants must not displace or replace existing employment of individuals not participating in CalFresh E&T;
- An employer is not permitted to lay off workers or fill openings that were previously held by unsubsidized workers and replace them with subsidized work-based learning (SWBL) participants; and
- SWBL participants must not be used to cross strike lines as this would have the effect of replacing existing workers.
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