A recipient may be placed in a subsidized private sector or not-for-profit employment activity only if:

(i) the conditions of employment including such factors as the type of work to be performed, the geographic location of the job, and the qualifications of the participant are appropriate and reasonable;

(ii) the recipient is deemed an employee for purposes of the applicable collective bargaining and labor laws and receives the same benefits and protections as an employee similarly situated (working a similar length of time and doing similar work) receives pursuant to the provisions of law, an applicable collective bargaining agreement or otherwise as made available to the employees of the employer;

(iii) no employee of the participating employer is displaced by any recipient hired pursuant to this subdivision. For the purpose of this subdivision, the term displacement shall include partial displacement, such as a reduction in the customary hours of work (including overtime), wages, or employment benefits;

(iv) no participant is hired:

(a) if any other employee of the employer is available for reinstatement, recall or reemployment following a leave of absence, furlough, layoff or suspension from the same or any substantially equivalent job; or

(b) when the employer has terminated the employment of any regular employee or otherwise reduced its work force with the intention of filling the vacancy or vacancies so created by hiring a participant whose wages are subsidized under this program; or

(c) when the employee organization representing employees of the employer is engaged in a strike against the employer or such employees have been locked-out by the employer; or

(d) when such hiring will result in the loss of a bargaining unit position as a result of assigned individuals performing, in part or in whole, the work normally performed by the employee in such position;

(vi) no participant shall remain in a job if another employee is eligible for promotion to that job. An employer shall, at least 10 days prior to filling a position with a participant, notify any employee organization that represents employees who are engaged in similar work or training in the same or substantially equivalent jobs as those on which the placement is to be made, that it intends to make a placement pursuant to the terms of this section;

(vii) where an employee organization represents employees of the employer who are engaged in similar work in the same or substantially equivalent jobs as those proposed to be funded under this program, an opportunity is provided for such organization to comment on the proposed placement of participants or the administration of the program and the social services official or his/her designee shall respond to such comments within 10 days of receipt of such comments;

(viii) employers are prohibited from using public assistance funds to encourage or discourage membership in, or participation in the activities of, any employee organization and each employer shall provide to the social services district assurances that no such funds will be used for such purposes.