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

Appendix A- Page 4 Rev. 3/2022 work experience activities, and the period covered by the report. The sponsor will notify the social services district if a participant refuses and/or fails to perform assigned work experience activities.

9) The sponsor warrants that it will not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or mental or physical disability. 10) Participants shall not be required to travel an unreasonable distance from their homes (generally a round trip lasting more than two hours) or to remain away from their homes overnight for the purpose of participating in work experience activities. 11) The sponsor shall provide for each participant workers’ compensation or equivalent protection for on-the-job injuries and tort claims protection on the same basis, although not necessarily at the same benefit level, as such protections are provided to the sponsor's employees in the same or similar positions. 12) The sponsor shall promptly notify the social services district of a participant's absence (whether for illness or otherwise), except when such absence is on a pre-planned basis approved by the social services district. Such notification shall include prompt telephone notice to the social services district followed by written confirmation if requested. Additionally, the sponsor shall report to the social services district any injury to or illness of any participant. 13) The sponsor shall provide adequate supervision to the participant. The sponsor will review the performance and attitude of all participants with a representative of the social services district at regular and mutually convenient intervals. 14) The sponsor will establish and maintain appropriate standards of health, safety, and other work conditions to ensure that participants are adequately protected against hazards or activities that may affect adversely their health or safety. Such standards shall meet or exceed those required by public employee safety and health standards as established in New York State Labor Law § 27-a. 15) The social services district will provide transportation or will meet the cost of transportation, provide necessary allowance for child care and provide other supportive services as may be required by participants. 16) The sponsor shall provide any special clothing, specific tools or equipment that may be required for the participants to perform work experience activities. 17) Participants may be required to operate a motor vehicle in the course of executing work experience activities. If so, the sponsor shall provide the motor vehicle, and also shall provide adequate liability insurance for such motor vehicle which shall cover the participant who may be operating the vehicle. Only properly licensed participants may be assigned such work experience activities. 18) The sponsor may terminate the work experience activities of any participant, provided that the sponsor shall promptly furnish the social services district with a written evaluation of the participant's performance and the reason for the termination. 19) The sponsor may offer full-time paid employment to any participant, provided the sponsor furnishes to the social services district written notice of such offer and the participant's acceptance or rejection thereof, including details as to the job description, wages and date of employment.