Anti-displacement

Participants in training activities funded pursuant to § 32-1607 shall not be assigned or placed to work for any employer or worksite where: (1) Any other individual is laid off from the same or substantially equivalent job; (2) An employer has terminated a regular employee and filled the vacancy with a participant; (3) An employer has caused an involuntary reduction in the workforce and filled the vacancy with a participant; (4) An employer has caused an involuntary reduction below full-time hours of any employee in the same or substantially equivalent job; (5) An employer has caused an involuntary reduction in wages or employment benefits; (6) Placement of a recipient will violate an existing collective bargaining agreement, unless the labor organization and the employer provide a written concurrence; (7) The job is created in a promotional line that will infringe in any way upon the promotional opportunities of currently employed individuals; (8) The placement is the equivalent of filling an established unfilled position vacancy, or is the equivalent of performing a job that is substantially similar to the vacant position, unless the participant is given a bona fide opportunity to apply for the position as an unsubsidized employee after 18 weeks of satisfactory service in the position; or (9) There is a hiring freeze for positions that are the same or substantially similar to the position performed by the participants.