1. There will be sufficient, meaningful work to keep SEP participants fully occupied during work hours;
2. Work will be conducted in a safe work environment;
3. There will be adequate full-time supervision of each SEP participant by qualified supervisors;
4. Voyage will obtain Worker’s Compensation Insurance to cover all SEP participants engaged in work experience at a worksite;
5. The participating Worksite will notify SEP Service Provider staff if difficulties arise which the Worksite supervisor and participant are unable to resolve. SEP staff will attempt to find a mutually satisfactory solution. The SEP staff and/or Worksite supervisor may recommend termination or transfer of the participant if the situation or problem is not resolved;
6. There will be adequate oversight and review of each participant’s time and attendance;
7. There will be sufficient equipment and/or materials provided to carry out assignments;
8. This agreement will be maintained at the Worksite and available for review by federal, state, local area and SEP Service Provider representatives;
9. All requirements and regulations governing the SEP program will be upheld;
10. SEP participant shall be allowed to participate in employability and workplace skills instruction with the SEP Service Provider.
11. Worksite supervisors will adhere to existing State and Federal labor standards.
12. No SEP participant shall be employed or job opening filled (A) when any other individual is on layoff from the same or any substantially equivalent job, or (B) when the Worksite has terminated the employment of any regular employee or otherwise reduced its workforce with the intention of filling the vacancy so created by hiring a participant whose wages are subsidized under this Act;
13. Equal Employment Opportunity and Nondiscrimination. The Worksite assures that no person on the grounds of race, creed, color, disability, national origin, sex, age, political affiliation, or beliefs, will be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under the Workforce Investment Act or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.