Employers Group: State-Funded Training

(If you cannot meet the program requirements below, you may be interested in the Employers Group’s state-funded public programs, where area employers combine employees to meet minimum class sizes. Click here for more details.)

Optimal Group Size:
EG Members:	17 - 20 11 - 20	Trainees (employers with 100+ FT Employees) Trainees (employers fewer than 100 FT Employees)
Non Members:	20 - 24 13 - 20	Trainees (employers with 100+ FT Employees) Trainees (employers fewer than 100 FT Employees)
Training Hours:	24 - 120 24 - 80 8 - 80 8 - 80	Employers Facing Out-of-State Competition Emplopyers Not Facing Out-of-State Competition Small Employers Small Employers not facing out-of-state competition
Refundable Deposit:	$5 per training hour per trainee
Materials Fee:	$2.50 - $3.50 per training hour per trainee
Module Length:	4 Hours Typically
Required Wages:	90-days after training is completed, each trainee must earn the minimum wage standard for the county of employment: $13.51 for the Bay Area, Orange and L.A. Counties; $13.16 Sacramento; $12.89 San Diego; $13.12 Ventura; $12.38 all other counties. Employers that do not face out-of-state competition must pay employees $22.51 regardles of county. Employer-paid health benefits can be included to meet or exceed standard.
Eligible Employees:	At least 80% of the eligible trainees must be considered a front-line employee who primarily produces a good or delivers a service. 100% of the eligible trainees from companies that do not face out-of-state competition must meet this definition. The state will not fund senior-management positions typically Director level and above. These restrictions do not apply to eligible small employers
Training Types:	Productivity-related training is encouraged. Compliance, safety and regulatory training cannot be provided utilizing state funding; however, can be added on to a program for a nominal fee. Computer skills training may be available; however, different program requirements are necessary due to equipment needs.
Small Employers:	Eligibility to be a Small Employer is based upon: (1) whose owners and principals are principally located in CA, (2) independently owned and operated in CA, (3) not a subsidiary of a larger company, (4) has less than 100 full-time employees cumulatively (with other divisions) worldwide.
Deposit Refunds:	Refunds will be returned according to an "employer agreement to participate" which will be executed prior to the start of any program. Trainees must complete 100% of the training program. The deposit will be reduced for any hours not completed (on a per-hour basis). Trainees not completing at least 24 hours are not eligible for any state subsidy. Refunds are processed approximately 180 days after training has ended.

You may also fill out the eligibility determination questionnaire, or view the training topics and sample curricula .