§ 609. Short title

This chapter may be cited and shall be known as the “Youth Transitional Employment Act.”

§ 610. Legislative declaration of purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for an employment program in the 11th and 12th grades of high school, for a period of one (1) year to assist young individuals who need and can benefit from an employment program immediately upon graduation from high school or a recognized institution of higher learning to […]

§ 611. Establishment of Youth Transitional Employment Program

There is established within the Department of Labor a program to be called the “Youth Transitional Employment Program”. For the purpose of this chapter and unless the definition clearly indicates otherwise, “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor.

§ 612. Individual eligible for the Youth Transitional Employment Program

To become a participant in the Youth Employment Transitional Employment Program, a person must be an eligible youth who— (1) is domiciled in the Virgin Islands; (2) is an 11th or 12th grader in an accredited high school or has graduated from an accredited high school or institution of higher learning within two years of […]

§ 613. Screening and selection of applicants

The Commissioner shall prescribe specific standards and procedures for the department’s screening and selection of applicants for the Youth Transitional Employment Program. The rules shall also provide for the interviewing of each applicant for the purpose of— (1) determining the applicant’s education and vocational skills and determining how those qualifications can best be utilized through […]

§ 614. Enrollment and assignment

(a) No individual may be enrolled in the Youth Transitional Employment Program for more than three years. (b) Enrollment in the Youth Transitional Employment Program shall not relieve any individual of obligations under the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.).

§ 615. Youth Transitional Employment Program

(a) (1) The Commissioner may make agreements with local agencies, organizations and private businesses for participation in the Youth Transitional Employment Program. The Youth Transitional Program shall be designed and administered so as to provide enrollees with vocational training and work experience. (2) Each participating agency, organization or private business shall provide to each enrollee […]

§ 616. Approval of employers programs

(a) (1) An employer may be paid its share under Title 33, Chapter 111, section 3092, Virgin Islands Code, on behalf of an eligible enrollee employed by such employer and participating in a program of transitional employment offered by that employer only if the program is approved under this section and in accordance with such […]

§ 617. Payments to employers

(a) The Commissioner shall make quarterly payments to an employer participating in an approved program of employment under this act. Subject to Title 33, Chapter 111, section 3092 of this code, the amount paid to an employer on behalf of an enrollee for any period of time shall be 50 percent of the product of: […]