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Work Experience Program
A work experience program is designed to improve the employability of household members through actual work experience or training, or both, and to enable individuals employed or trained under such programs to move promptly into regular public or private employment. Work experience is a planned, structured learning experience that takes place in a workplace for a limited period. Work experience may be paid or unpaid, as appropriate, and consistent with other laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act. Work experience may be arranged within the private for-profit sector, the non-profit sector, or the public sector. Labor standards apply in any work experience setting where an employee/employer relationship, as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act, exists.
A work experience program may include either a Work Activity or a Work-Based Learning program. Both Work Activities and Work-Based Learning opportunities must involve a planned and structured learning experience.
A work experience program must:
- Not provide any work that has the effect of replacing the employment of an individual not participating in the employment or training experience program; and
- Provide the same benefits and working conditions that are provided at the job site to employees performing comparable work for comparable hours.
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