[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR638.527]

[Page 346]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 638--JOB CORPS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE IV-B OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart E--Center Operations
 
Sec. 638.527  Federal employees' compensation.

    (a) Students shall be considered federal employees for purposes of 
Federal employees' compensation (FEC). (Section 436(a)(2))
    (b) Resident students shall be considered to be in the ``performance 
of duty'' as Federal employees from the date they leave their homes and 
begin authorized travel to their center of assignment until the date of 
their scheduled arrival at the official travel destination upon the 
termination from Job Corps. During this period the youths shall be known 
as students, and this period shall constitute their period of 
enrollment. During this period, resident students shall be considered as 
in performance of duty at all times, during any and all of their 
activities, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as described in 
paragraph (d) of this section.
    (c) Non-resident students shall be considered to be ``in performance 
of duty'' as Federal employees from the time they arrive at any 
scheduled center activity or program until they physically leave such 
activity or program.
    (d) No student shall be considered as being in performance of duty 
status if he/she is absent without official leave (AWOL) or after 
arrival home on administrative leave without allowances.
    (e) In computing compensation benefits for disability or death, the 
monthly pay of a student shall be deemed that received under the 
entrance salary for a grade GS-2 Federal employee, and 5 U.S.C. 8113 (a) 
and (b) shall apply to students.
    (f) Compensation for disability shall not begin to accrue until the 
day following the date on which the injured student completes his or her 
Job Corps termination.
    (g) Whenever a student is injured, develops an occupationally 
related illness, or dies while in the performance of duty, the Job Corps 
Director shall ensure that procedures set forth in the DOL Employment 
Standards Administration regulations at 20 CFR chapter I are followed. 
The Job Corps Director shall ensure that a thorough investigation of the 
circumstances and a medical evaluation are completed and that required 
forms are filed with the DOL Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.