20 C.F.R. § 638.527 Federal employees' compensation.
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
(a) Students shall be considered federal employees for purposes of Federal employees' compensation (FEC). (Section 436(a)(2)) (b) Resident students shall be considered to be in the “performance of duty” as Federal employees from the date they leave their homes and begin authorized travel to their center of assignment until the date of their scheduled arrival at the official travel destination upon the termination from Job Corps. During this period the youths shall be known as students, and this period shall constitute their period of enrollment. During this period, resident students shall be considered as in performance of duty at all times, during any and all of their activities, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as described in paragraph (d) of this section. (c) Non-resident students shall be considered to be “in performance of duty” as Federal employees from the time they arrive at any scheduled center activity or program until they physically leave such activity or program. (d) No student shall be considered as being in performance of duty status if he/she is absent without official leave (AWOL) or after arrival home on administrative leave without allowances. (e) In computing compensation benefits for disability or death, the monthly pay of a student shall be deemed that received under the entrance salary for a grade GS–2 Federal employee, and 5 U.S.C. 8113 (a) and (b) shall apply to students. (f) Compensation for disability shall not begin to accrue until the day following the date on which the injured student completes his or her Job Corps termination. (g) Whenever a student is injured, develops an occupationally related illness, or dies while in the performance of duty, the Job Corps Director shall ensure that procedures set forth in the DOL Employment Standards Administration regulations at 20 CFR chapter I are followed. The Job Corps Director shall ensure that a thorough investigation of the circumstances and a medical evaluation are completed and that required forms are filed with the DOL Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 638—JOB CORPS PROGRAM UNDER TITLE IV-B OF THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT
Subpart E—Center Operations
§ 638.527 Federal employees' compensation.
