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NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance- TA and SNAP Employment Policy Manual

Section 385.9- Page 8 Rev. 4/2025 (f) such assignment is not at any work site at which the regular employees are on a legal strike against the employer or are being subjected to lock out by the employer. 4) Public employers participating in work experience programs (or the social services official, pursuant to an agreement established between any such employer and the social services official) shall publish on a monthly basis a report summarizing the employer's work experience program for the month. i) Such monthly report shall include, at a minimum, summary information regarding the agencies or departments where participants are assigned, work locations, job duties and assignments, hours worked and period worked and shall be provided to the certified collective bargaining representative of public employees at such employer and may not be disclosed to any other party. ii) Such certified collective bargaining representative shall take reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of such information and shall take reasonable steps to prevent disclosure of same to non-authorized persons. iii) Reports provided pursuant to this section shall contain a warning against re- disclosure and asserting the confidentiality of the information therein provided. 5) In assigning to work experience a recipient who is a non-graduate student attending CUNY, SUNY or other approved non-profit education, training or vocational rehabilitation agency, the social services district shall: i) after consultation with officials of CUNY, SUNY or other non-profit education, training or vocational rehabilitation agency, assign the student to a work experience site on campus where the recipient is enrolled, if a work experience assignment approved by the social services official is available. Where such work experience assignment is not available, the social services district shall, to the extent possible, assign the student to a work experience site within reasonable proximity to the campus where the recipient is enrolled. Provided, however, in order to qualify for a work experience assignment on-campus, or in close proximity to campus, a student must have a cumulative C average, or its equivalent. The social services district may waive the requirement that the student have a cumulative C average or its equivalent for undue hardship based on: (a) the death of a relative of the student; (b) the personal injury or illness of the student; or (c) any other extenuating circumstances; ii) not unreasonably assign the student to participate in work experience during hours that conflict with the student's academic schedule. e) Job Search Activities 1) Each applicant for or recipient of public assistance shall, upon request of the social services official, demonstrate that he or she is engaged in an active and continuing effort to achieve self-sufficiency.