[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR139.7]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 139_IRISH PEACE PROCESS CULTURAL AND TRAINING PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 139.7  Qualifications for participation as an employer in the 
United States.

    To participate in the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training 
Program, U.S. employers must:
    (a) Provide job/training opportunities that:
    (1) Correspond to one of the occupational areas identified by the 
governments of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland except as 
otherwise approved by the Program Administrator under Sec. 139.5(d)(2); 
and
    (2) Include a career path comprising work assignment rotations, and/
or training opportunities, which offer promotion potential if job 
performance is satisfactory.
    (b) Offer health insurance, which, at a minimum, provides:
    (1) Medical benefits of at least $50,000 per accident or illness 
(major medical); and
    (2) A deductible not to exceed $500 per accident or illness.
    (c) Pay participants at least the minimum wage and at the same rate 
as American workers doing the same or similar work.
    (d) Agree not to petition for a change of immigration status or non-
immigrant status for any participant.
    (e) Grant permission to the Program Administrator to conduct on-site 
visits and take other measures necessary to verify that each employer's 
job/training contract is being followed.
    (f) Notify the Program Administrator in the event of the termination 
of a participant from employment, or departure of the participant from 
the Program. As a condition of qualification as an employer, undertakes 
to provide advance notice to the Program Administrator of intention to 
terminate a participant for cause, with a written statement of reasons, 
and to provide the Program Administrator a reasonable opportunity to 
mediate between the employer and the participant, if possible before 
actual termination, and to offer employment to any selected participant 
for at least six months. The employer must also undertake in writing to 
provide no less than the Federal minimum wage and a 40 hour work week or 
equivalent.
    (g) Prepare a written record describing the work experience gained, 
and make it available to each participant.

[65 FR 14766, Mar. 17, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 52506, Oct. 16, 2001]

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