New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 95 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Subchapter 8 - COMMISSION OPERATED VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
Section 10:95-8.4 - On-the-job training services

(a) The purpose of on-the-job training is to encourage an employer to hire a Commission vocational rehabilitation client who may not be fully productive in the particular job opening available, but who shows promise of being able to perform the job with some additional on-the-job training.

(b) In order to enhance the possibility of a client being hired for a job, the Commission will pay for a percentage of the salary until the client is fully trained. This partial payment is made only on the position for which the client will be hired. The percentage of the Commission's payment during each period of the on-the-job training is based on the percentage of the job which actually constitutes training.

(c) In order to qualify as on-the-job training, the job opening must be a real position that the employer intends to fill at the completion of the on-the-job training period. The employer must be willing to carry the client on its payroll and to pay the percentage of salary and fringe benefits agreed upon for the length of the on-the-job training program. The position must have a salary and the income derived from the job may not be totally dependent on commissions or tips.

(d) Each program will be based on the individual client's circumstances. The training period for each client will be determined by the difficulty and/or complexity of the job being learned and the amount of time needed for the individual client to learn the job.

(e) To participate in on-the-job training, a client receiving training services from the Commission must accept the on-the-job training program that has been offered, and be advised that permanent employment will be based on the individual's job performance and ability to become fully trained for the position during the on-the-job training program.

(f) Each employer shall file a short written report with the Commission during each period of the on-the-job training program indicating the continued possibility of employing the client. The report must include a satisfactory or unsatisfactory rating of the client's job performance and a statement as to whether or not the employer intends to continue the on-the-job training.