{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s4112","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4112.","heading":"Performance incentive awards for quality employment, training, and placement services","text":"\u00a7\u202f4112.\nPerformance incentive awards for quality employment, training, and placement services\n(a)\nCriteria for Performance Incentive Awards.\u2014\n(1) For purposes of carrying out a program of performance incentive awards under\n(A) encourage the improvement and modernization of employment, training, and placement services provided under this chapter; and\n(B) recognize eligible employees and employment service offices for excellence in the provision of such services or for having made demonstrable improvements in the provision of such services.\n(2) The Secretary shall establish such criteria in consultation with representatives of States, political subdivisions of States, and other providers of employment, training, and placement services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998\n1\n1 See References in Text note below.\nsection 4102A(b)(7) of this title\n(b)\nForm of Awards.\u2014\nUnder the criteria established by the Secretary for performance incentive awards to be administered by States, an award under such criteria may be a cash award or such other nonfinancial awards as the Secretary may specify.\n(c)\nAdministration and Use of Awards.\u2014\nPerformance incentive cash awards under this section\u2014\n(1) shall be made from amounts allocated from the grant or contract amount for a State for a program year under\nsection 4102A(c)(7) of this title\n(2) in the case of such an award made to an eligible employee, shall be in addition to the regular pay of the recipient; and\n(3) in the case of such an award made to an employment service office, may be used by that employment service office for any purpose.\n(d)\nEligible Employee Defined.\u2014\nIn this section, the term \u201celigible employee\u201d means any of the following:\n(1) A disabled veterans\u2019 outreach program specialist.\n(2) A local veterans\u2019 employment representative.\n(3) An individual providing employment, training, and placement services to veterans under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998\n1\nsection 4101(7) of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s4112.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4112."},{"t":"heading","text":"Performance incentive awards for quality employment, training, and placement services"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Criteria for Performance Incentive Awards.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" For purposes of carrying out a program of performance incentive awards under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4102A(c)(2)(A)(i)(III) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s4102A/c/2/A/i/III","tail":", the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans\u2019 Employment and Training, shall establish criteria for performance incentive awards programs to be administered by States to\u2014"}]},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" encourage the improvement and modernization of employment, training, and placement services provided under this chapter; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" recognize eligible employees and employment service offices for excellence in the provision of such services or for having made demonstrable improvements in the provision of such services.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The Secretary shall establish such criteria in consultation with representatives of States, political subdivisions of States, and other providers of employment, training, and placement services under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSee References in Text note below."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSee References in Text note below.","tail":" consistent with the performance measures established under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 4102A(b)(7) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s4102A/b/7","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Form of Awards.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Under the criteria established by the Secretary for performance incentive awards to be administered by States, an award under such criteria may be a cash award or such other nonfinancial awards as the Secretary may specify.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Administration and Use of Awards.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Performance incentive cash awards under this section\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/c/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" shall be made from amounts allocated from the grant or contract amount for a State for a program year under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4102A(c)(7) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s4102A/c/7","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/c/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the case of such an award made to an eligible employee, shall be in addition to the regular pay of the recipient; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/c/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the case of such an award made to an employment service office, may be used by that employment service office for any purpose.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Eligible Employee Defined.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section, the term \u201celigible employee\u201d means any of the following:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/d/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" A disabled veterans\u2019 outreach program specialist.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/d/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" A local veterans\u2019 employment representative.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s4112/d/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" An individual providing employment, training, and placement services to veterans under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998\u202f","children":[{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" or through an employment service delivery system (as defined in "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 4101(7) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t38/s4101/7","tail":")."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}