On-the-Job Training (OJT) wage reimbursement from local workforce boards

California's local workforce development boards reimburse employers for part of a new hire's wages while the employee learns the job, under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. San Diego Workforce Partnership, for example, reimburses up to 50% of the trainee's hourly wage for up to 1,040 hours for full-time positions of at least 32 hours a week paying $20 or more an hour. The hire must be WIOA-eligible and referred through the job center network, the employer signs an OJT...