Every employer, or where appropriate (in the case of records
verifying the workers' disabilities) the referring agency or facility,
of workers employed under special minimum wage certificates shall
maintain and have available for inspection records indicating:
(a) Verification of the workers' disabilities;
(b) Evidence of the productivity of each worker with a disability
gathered on a continuing basis or at periodic intervals (not to exceed
six months in the case of employees paid hourly wage rates);
(c) The prevailing wages paid workers not disabled for the job
performed who are employed in industry in the vicinity for essentially
the same type of work using similar methods and equipment as that used
by each worker with disabilities employed under a special minimum wage
certificate (see also Sec. 525.10(b) and (d));
(d) The production standards and supporting documentation for
nondisabled workers for each job being performed by workers with
disabilities employed under special certificates; and
(e) The records required under all of the applicable provisions of
part 516 of this title, except that any provision
pertaining to homeworker handbooks shall not be applicable to workers
with disabilities who are employed by a recognized nonprofit
rehabilitation facility and working in or about a home, apartment,
tenement, or room in a residential establishment. (See Sec. 525.15)
Records required by this section shall be maintained and preserved for
the periods specified in part 516 of this title.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
1215-0017)
