.05 NA E&T Registration Exemption-Employed
A participant who meets either of the following employment criteria is exempt from
NA E&T registration:
●Employed or self-employed for a minimum of 30 hours weekly
●Employed with weekly earnings that equal or exceed an amount that is 30 hours multiplied by the federal minimum wage or the training wage.
Key EM in the PAR/EXEM field.
Use the following information, as necessary, to determine when the EM code is appropriate:
●Consider a migrant or seasonal farm worker as employed when all of the following apply to the farm worker:
Is following the job stream
Is not living in the participant's home project area
Meets either of the following:
●Is working a minimum of 30 hours weekly
●Is under contract or agreement to begin employment within 30 days
●Some self-employed participants work fewer than 30 hours weekly. To be considered employed, net self-employed income must equal the federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours. Self-employment net income must equal the gross income minus the allowable costs of producing the income.
●Include the hours for which an employed participant receives in-kind income when determining the 30 hours of weekly work.
●Do not include hours employed in voluntary work in which no wages or in-kind income are paid when determining the 30 hours per week.