627.230—Displacement.
(a)
No currently employed worker shall be displaced by any participant (including partial displacement such as a reduction in the hours of nonovertime work, wages, or employment benefits).
(b)
No participant shall be employed or job opening filled: (1) When any other individual is on layoff from the same or any substantially equivalent job, or
(2)
When the employer has terminated any regular employee without cause or otherwise reduced its workforce with the intention of filling the vacancy so created by hiring a participant whose wages are subsidized under the Act.
(c) Violations and sanctions.
The Department will promptly review and take appropriate action with regard to alleged violations of the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section. Procedures for the investigation and resolution of violations are provided for under subpart F of this part. Sanctions and remedies are provided for under subpart G of this part.