Definitions

FOR PURPOSE OF THESE RULES: (1) “Business development” includes relocation. expansion, or technological change. (2) “Demand occupation” means an occupation in which, as a result of business development. there are or will be positive job growth to job replacement ratios within the next twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) months, according to the best available sources of State and local labor market information. (3) “Eligible Expenses” are those expenses relative to the individual training project which may be eligible for reimbursement by a grant from the Tennessee Job Skills Fund as determined by the Department of Economic and Community Development, Industrial Training Service. (4) “Emerging occupation” means an occupation that arises from forces related to technological changes in the workplace, and workers from other occupations without customized education or training cannot perform the work. (5) “Employer” means a person that employs one or more employees. (6) “Existing employer” when used in reference to an employer’s eligibility for a Tennessee Job Skills Grant, as described in these rules, means an employer that has been liable to pay unemployment insurance premiums and is current to date under T.C.A. Title 50, Chapter 7, for more than one (1) year. TENNESSEE JOB SKILLS PROGRAM CHAPTER 0500-6-1 (7) “Provider” means an entity that provides employment-related training. May include: employers. employer associations, labor organizations, community-based organizations, training consultants/vendors, public and private schools, state technical centers and other state supported colleges and universities, sole proprietorships or individual persons. (8) “Targeted industry” means an industry that promotes and creates high-skill, high-wage jobs in Tennessee and hires Tennesseans to fill the jobs. (9) “Trainee” means a participant in a project funded under the Tennessee Job Skills Program.