Glossary Terms Beginning with W
Definitions for words starting with W are listed on this page. Take the link above or scroll down to the glossary term.
Work Registrant Definition
A Work Registrant is an NA participant aged 16 to 59, who does not meet an NA Work Requirement Exemption. (See
NA Work Requirement Exemptions for a list of exemptions.)
Worker Definition
An FAA employee responsible for determining eligibility for public assistance programs. Public assistance programs include the following:
●CA (Cash Assistance)
●NA (Nutrition Assistance)
●MA (Medical Assistance)
●TC (Tuberculosis Control)
Worker includes, and is not limited to, any of the following:
●Eligibility Interviewer (EI)
●Supervisor
●Office Support Staff (OST)
●Employee
●Contractor
●Temporary Employee
●Program Services Evaluator (PSE)
●Volunteer
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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Definition
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a comprehensive workforce investment system whose purpose is to increase productivity and reduce welfare dependency. WIOA provides workforce investment activities designed to increase all of the following:
●Employment
●Employment retention and earnings
●Occupational skills
●Quality of the workforce
WIOA includes, and is not limited to, all of the following:
●Allowances
●Dislocated Worker Program
●Disaster Relief Employment funded under the National Emergency Grant of the Act Earnings
●Individual Training Accounts (ITA) designated to supplement or pay for all costs for training at a qualified institution.
●On-the-Job-Training (OJT) income
●Payments
●Reimbursements
●Work Experience Program, see
WEX for more information.