Section 10214.9 Of Chapter 3.5. Employment Training Panel From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 3. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.5.
10214.9
. (a) (1) The panel may fund licensed nurse training
programs to train individuals who are currently working as nurse
assistants or caregivers in a health facility, as defined in Section
1250 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the panel allocate
these funds in a manner consistent with the objectives of this
chapter as provided in Section 10200.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the
panel shall waive the minimum wage provisions, pursuant to
subdivision (f) of Section 10201, if all of the following conditions
are met:
(1) The employee is enrolled in an approved licensed nurse
training program that consists of not less than 1,000 hours of
training.
(2) The employer pays the employee not less than 120 percent of
the state minimum wage for not less than the first 20 hours of work
per week during each week the employee is enrolled in the training
program.
(3) Each program results in full-time employment customary for the
occupation for which the individuals are being trained.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the
panel shall waive any limitation on the hourly length of training
programs to allow approval and funding for up to 750 hours of a
licensed nurse training program; provided, however, that those funds
be used to pay for up to 750 training hours that remain in the
licensed nurse training program after the employee has completed the
first 800 hours of that program.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, employers
that participate in the nurse training programs funded pursuant to
this section, are not required to meet the eligibility criteria set
forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 10200.