In response to the unparalleled impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Labor Workforce Investment Agency, as the administering entity for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Formula Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth funds, seeks a waiver on the statutory provision to reimburse 50% of an on-the-job training participant wages for the extraordinary costs for training and supervision as prescribed at WIOA Section 134(c)(3)(H)(i) and 20 CFR 680.720 (b).
The CNMI DOL WIA requests a sliding scale reimbursement according to the proportion of the business entity as described at WIOA Section 134(c)(3)(H)(i) and 20 CFR 680.730 (a).
Upon approval of the waiver, employers or small businesses with 50 or less employees will be reimbursed up to 90%, while larger businesses with 51 and upward of 250 employees will be reimbursed 75% applicable to all OJT contracts as permitted by WIOA formula funds for Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth.
A full copy of the waiver request may be viewed at DOL website: www.marianaslabor.net or emailed upon request.
The comment period for the draft waiver begins on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 and closes on Friday, Dec. 24, 2020.
Comments may be submitted electronically to ftorres@dol.gov.mp or cnmiswdb@dol.gov.mp, by fax to 664-1710, mailed to Caller Box 10007 Saipan, MP 96950, or in person at Bldg#1353 Mednilla Ave., Capital Hill.
