Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/655

 PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978

92 STAT.| 1935

ties authorized by chapter 41 of title 38, United States Code (relating 38 USC 2001, et to job counseling and employment services for veterans), and other *^f similar activities carried out by other public agencies or organizations. "(C) Prime sponsors shall provide such arrangements as may be appropriate to promote maximum feasible use of apprenticeship or other on-the-job training opportunities available under section 1787 of title 38, United States Code. "(c)(1) All persons participating in training under this Act shall receive allowances pursuant to section 124; no participant may receive allowances from funds under this Act for institutional or classroom training for more than 104 weeks in a 5-year period. "(2) Subject to section 212(b), no individual shall participate in Post, p. 1955. programs receiving financial assistance under this Act for longer than a total of 30 months in any 5-year period. For purposes of this subparagraph, no period of participation prior to October 1, 1978, shall be included in the computation of such 30 months. "(d)(1) Conditions of employment and training shall be appropriate and reasonable in the light of such factors as the type of work, geographical region, and proficiency of the participant. "(2) Appropriate health, safety and other standards for work and training shall be established and maintained. "(3) Household support obligations shall be taken into account, and special consideration shall be given alternative working arrangements such as flexible hours of work, work-sharing arrangements, and parttime jobs, particularly for parents of young children and for older persons. "(4) All programs for in-school youth shall be consistent with applicable State educational standards. "(5) Appropriate workers' compensation or equivalent protection shall be provided to all participants. " (e)(1) The program shall result in an increase in employment and training opportunities over those opportunities which would otherwise be available. " (2) No currently employed worker shall be displaced by any participant (including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of nonovertime work, wages, or employment benefits). "(3) No program shall impair existing contracts for services. " (4) No funds shall be used to assist in relocating establishments, or parts thereof, from one area to another or locating new branches, subsidiaries, or affiliates unless the Secretary determines that such relocation or location will not result in an increase in unemployment in the area of original location or in any other area. "(f)(1) All programs, to the maximum extent feasible, shall contribute to occupational development, upward mobility, development of new careers, and overcoming sex-stereotyping (including procedures which will lead to skill development and job opportunities for participants in occupations traditionally limited to the opposite sex). "(2) No person shall be trained for an occupation which requires less than 2 weeks of premployment training unless there are immediate employment opportunities available in that occupation. "(3) All programs shall be designed, to the maximum extent practicable, consistent with every individual's fullest capabilities, to lead to employment opportunities enabling participants to increase their earned income and to become economically self-sufficient.

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