2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation
RS 23:1802 - Definitions

§1802. Definitions

For purposes of this Chapter:

(1) "Participant" means a person determined to be eligible under the provisions of this Chapter who is receiving welfare benefits through the office of family services of the Department of Children and Family Services, or a person receiving unemployment insurance benefits under the Louisiana Employment Security Law.

(2) "Job improvement and employment training program" means a program which provides job placement, referrals, program orientation, testing, basic education, and training in employable skills to place as many persons as possible in employment.

(3) "Institutional and work experience training program" means a program which provides institutional training, on-the-job training and work experience for persons to enable them to secure and retain employment and to secure possibilities for advancement.

(4) "Public service employment program" means a program which provides participants with training and employment in the area of public works and public service projects, with the main emphasis on persons who cannot find a job in the regular economy.

(5) "Work opportunity program" means a program which provides increased employment opportunities and upgrades employment skills to enable persons who have been receiving aid from the office of children family services and under the Louisiana Employment Security Law to become permanently employed. The work opportunity program encompasses the programs defined in Paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this Section.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 512, §1, eff. July 12, 1978. Acts 1989, No. 512, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 447, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §4, eff. June 30, 1997.