Manpower Training Programs

Manpower Training Programs. In coordination with the Office of Personnel Management, the Northern Marianas College, the Public School System, and the Workforce Investment Agency, each Commonwealth government entity, except the judiciary, authorized pursuant to this chapter to employ workers other than citizens and permanent residents shall develop, maintain, and implement a comprehensive manpower training and education plan covering each position held by a foreign national worker. Failure of the government hiring authority to comply with this provision shall, after thirty days, automatically suspend the privilege of hiring workers other than citizens and permanent residents by the non-complying entity, and this provision shall be strictly enforced. The Office of Personnel Management shall monitor automatic suspensions and shall not approve any contract for the employment of a foreign national worker at a government agency that has been suspended for non-compliance pursuant to this section. Source: PL 15-108, § 4(4533).