Sec. 31-3u. Assistance to employers for job training and meeting ISO 9000 quality standards. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 31-3u. Assistance to employers for job training and meeting ISO 9000 quality standards. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may allocate the funds authorized for the purposes of this section by subsection (b) of section 32-235 to the Labor Commissioner for the purpose of providing assistance to employers (1) for the job training or retraining of (A) current employees or (B) prospective employees in newly-created jobs and (2) including, but not limited to, meeting ISO 9000 quality standards. The Labor Commissioner, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, shall provide for such training or retraining through customized job training programs authorized under this chapter. The Labor Commissioner may use vouchers for the purposes of this subsection.

      (b) The Labor Commissioner and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall jointly develop criteria for the evaluation and assessment of the assistance provided under subsection (a) of this section.

      (c) The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, shall submit an annual report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Economic and Community Development and the Labor Department on the assistance provided under subsection (a) of this section.

      (P.A. 93-394, S. 1, 3; P.A. 94-193, S. 1; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)

      History: P.A. 93-394 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-193 corrected an incorrect reference in Subsec. (a) to "chapter 566" to read "chapter 556"; i.e. "this chapter"; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development (Revisor's note: The phrase "Department of Economic and Community Development and Labor" was replaced editorially by the Revisors with "Department of Economic and Community Development and the Labor Department" both for grammatical accuracy and consistency with customary statutory usage).