Incumbent Worker Development Act of 2008

Incumbent Worker Development Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to establish a program of grants to states to assist employers to provide incumbent worker training to enhance the knowledge and skills of an employee in order to improve his or her job performance.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 6797 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6797

To establish a program to provide grants to States for incumbent worker 
                               training.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2008

  Mr. Kagen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a program to provide grants to States for incumbent worker 
                               training.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Incumbent Worker Development Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING.

    (a) Grant Authority.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Secretary of Labor shall establish a program to 
make grants to States to assist employers in providing incumbent worker 
training.
    (b) Matching Requirement.--The Federal share of the costs of an 
activity carried out with a grant under this section may not exceed 50 
percent of cost of the activity.
    (c) Limitations on Use of Grant.--No grant under this section may 
be used--
            (1) to pay wages or compensate for lost revenue, if any, in 
        connection with providing incumbent worker training; or
            (2) for training provided to an employee by the employer 
        (or by another entity on behalf of the employer), if--
                    (A) the purpose of such training is to prepare the 
                employee to assume the responsibilities associated with 
                the job that the employee holds with the employer; and
                    (B) the training occurs during a period--
                            (i) that begins on the most recent date on 
                        which the employer hired the employee; and
                            (ii) that the Secretary determines is 
                        appropriate.
    (d) Incumbent Worker Training Defined.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``incumbent worker training'' means training offered 
to an employee by the employer of the employee (or by another entity on 
behalf of the employer) to enhance the knowledge and skills of the 
employee for the purpose of improving the employee's job performance.
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