Indiana - Apply to Employ Student-Learners at Subminimum Wages

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Procedure

Apply by Mail

1. To Apply to Employ Student-Learners at Subminimum Wages, the applicant has to approach the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division link
2. The applicant has to download the form from the following link

   Note: In order to view, fill out, and print PDF forms, the applicant need Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5 or later, which the applicant may download for free at link

3. The applicant needs give all the information in the application form.
4. Make sure that the applicant has to attach the necessary documents which is mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page (If Applicable)
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Mail all the documents with the Completed applications to the Wage and Hour Division National Certification Team.
7. The office address is mentioned in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page.
8. The fee for this procedure is free of cost.
9. Once the verification process is done by the officer, the applicant receives the notification through mail or email.
10. The processing time for this procedure take up to 15-30 days.
11. The applicant will receive the certificate via mail.

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Required Documents

• Completed Application form link

Office Locations & Contacts

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Mailing address:
Attn: National Certification Team
230 S. Dearborn Street, Room 530
Chicago, IL 60604-1757
Telephone: (312) 596-7195
Website link
Contact link
Wage and Hour Division’s Local Offices link

Eligibility

• A student-learner is a student who is at least sixteen years of age, or at least eighteen years of age if employed in an occupation which the Secretary has declared to be particularly hazardous, who is receiving instruction in an accredited school, college or university and who is employed on a part-time basis, pursuant to a “bona fide vocational training program”

Fees

• The fee for the procedure is free of cost.

Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

• Application form link

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The processing time for this procedure is takes up to 15 – 30 days.

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Instructions

• Applicant must complete the application form before submitting. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicant must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.
• The application must be signed by the employer, the appropriate school official, and the student-learner who will be employed at subminimum wages before it is submitted. A separate application must be submitted for each student-learner.
• For More Instructions link

Required Information

• Name and address of student-learner application
• Date of birth (Month, Day, Year)
• Name and address, including zip code, of school in which student learner is enrolled
• Title of student-learner occupation
• Number of employees in this establishment
• Number of experienced employees in student-learner's occupation
• Name and address, including zip code, of Establishment making
• Type of business and products manufactured, sold, or services rendered
• Proposed beginning and ending date of employment (Month, Day, Year)
• Number of weeks in school year
• Total hours of school instruction per week
• Number of school hours directly related to employment training
• School name

Need for the Document

• This application must be submitted by employers who wish to employ student-learners at subminimum wages pursuant to a bona fide vocational training program.

Information which might help

• A learner is a worker who is being trained for an occupation, which is not customarily recognized as an apprentice trade, for which skill, dexterity and judgment must be learned and who, when initially employed, produces little or nothing of value. Except in extraordinary circumstances, an employee cannot be considered a “learner” once he/she has acquired a total of 240 hours of job-related and/or vocational training with the same or other employer(s) or training facilities during the past three years. An individual qualifying as a “learner” may only be trained in two qualifying occupations.

• For More Information link

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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Others

• According to Section 14(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) authorizes the payment of subminimum wages – at rates not less than 75% of the applicable minimum wage under section 6(a) of the FLSA – to a student-learner after the employer has applied for an authorizing certificate from the U. S. Department of Labor.
• Temporary authority to pay the subminimum wage is granted to the employer when the application is forwarded to the Department as long as the appropriate school official has signed the application. This temporary authority will remain in effect for 30 days.
• At the end of 30 days, the application will become the permanent special student-learner certificate unless, after review, the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division denies the application, issues a certificate with modified terms and conditions, or expressly extends the period of review.