[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: 20CFR668.370]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 668--INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Services to Customers
 
Sec. 668.370  What policies govern payments to participants, including wages, training allowances or stipends, or direct payments for supportive services?

    (a) INA grantees may pay training allowances or stipends to 
participants for

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their successful participation in and completion of education or 
training services (except such allowance may not be provided to 
participants in OJT). Allowances or stipends may not exceed the Federal 
or State minimum wage, whichever is higher.
    (b) INA grantees may not pay a participant in a training activity 
when the person fails to participate without good cause.
    (c) If a participant in a WIA-funded activity, including 
participants in OJT, is involved in an employer-employee relationship, 
that participant must be paid wages and fringe benefits at the same 
rates as trainees or employees who have similar training, experience and 
skills and which are not less than the higher of the applicable Federal, 
State or local minimum wage. (WIA sec. 181(a)(1).)
    (d) In accordance with the policy described in the two-year plan, 
INA grantees may pay incentive bonuses to participants who meet or 
exceed individual employability or training goals established in writing 
in the individual employment plan.
    (e) INA grantees must comply with other restrictions listed in WIA 
sections 181 through 199, which apply to all programs funded under title 
I of WIA.
    (f) INA grantees must comply with the provisions on labor standards 
in WIA section 181(b).