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NEG On the Job Training (National Emergency Grant -ARRA)

The NEG On the Job Training Program is a vehicle for employers to train a paid participant, while the participant is engaged in productive work at a job that provides knowledge or skills essential to the full and adequate performance o f the job.  This OJT targets long-term unemployed individuals (unemployed for the majority of the last 22 weeks).

The employer is provided reimbursement between 50-90% depending upon the size of the business and the maximum number of hours reimbursed is 960.

The employer agrees to compensate the participant in the same manner that similarly positioned employees are compensated.  The minimum hourly rate for a participant is $9.62 per hour.  The participant must be hired for a permanent full time position defined as at least 30 hours per week and must receive all benefits and fringes as provided to all other full time employees.

The training is limited in duration as appropriate to the occupation for which the participant is being trained, taking into account the content of the training and the prior work experience of the participant.

The participant selected must be an eligible Workforce Investment Act (WIA) applicant, the employer has the right to review potential employees utilizing their own company procedures and ultimately, the company selects the employee.

For more information about NEG On the Job Training, please call PA CareerLink Cambria County at (814) 533-2493.