# § 3250. Workforce flexibility plans
**(a)** **Plans** A State may submit to the Secretary, and the Secretary may approve, a workforce flexibility plan under which the State is authorized to waive, in accordance with the plan—
**(1)** any of the statutory or regulatory requirements applicable under this subchapter to local areas, pursuant to applications for such waivers from the local areas, except for requirements relating to the basic purposes of this subchapter, wage and labor standards, grievance procedures and judicial review, nondiscrimination, eligibility of participants, allocation of funds to local areas, establishment and functions of local areas and local boards, procedures for review and approval of local plans, and worker rights, participation, and protection;
**(2)** any of the statutory or regulatory requirements applicable under sections 49g through 49i of this title to the State (excluding requirements relating to the provision of services to unemployment insurance claimants and veterans, and requirements relating to universal access to basic labor exchange services without cost to jobseekers); and
**(3)** any of the statutory or regulatory requirements applicable under the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) to State agencies on aging with respect to activities carried out using funds allotted under section 506(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3056d(b)), except for requirements relating to the basic purposes of such Act, wage and labor standards, eligibility of participants in the activities, and standards for grant agreements.
**(b)** **Content of plans** A workforce flexibility plan implemented by a State under subsection (a) shall include descriptions of—
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**(A)** the process by which local areas in the State may submit and obtain approval by the State of applications for waivers of requirements applicable under this subchapter; and
**(B)** the requirements described in subparagraph (A) that are likely to be waived by the State under the plan;
**(2)** the requirements applicable under sections 49g through 49i of this title that are proposed to be waived, if any;
**(3)** the requirements applicable under the Older Americans Act of 1965 [42 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.] that are proposed to be waived, if any;
**(4)** the outcomes to be achieved by the waivers described in paragraphs (1) through (3); and
**(5)** other measures to be taken to ensure appropriate accountability for Federal funds in connection with the waivers.
**(c)** **Periods** The Secretary may approve a workforce flexibility plan for a period of not more than 5 years.
**(d)** **Opportunity for public comments** Prior to submitting a workforce flexibility plan to the Secretary for approval, the State shall provide to all interested parties and to the general public adequate notice of and a reasonable opportunity for comment on the waiver requests proposed to be implemented pursuant to such plan.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–128, title I, § 190, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1602.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The Older Americans Act of 1965, referred to in subsecs. (a)(3) and (b)(3), is , , , which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 3001 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after (), see , set out as a note under .
### Workforce Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Program
> “That the Secretary of Labor shall establish a workforce flexibility (work-flex) partnership demonstration program under which the Secretary shall authorize not more than six States, of which at least three States shall each have populations not in excess of 3,500,000, with a preference given to those States that have been designated Ed-Flex Partnership States under
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> , pursuant to a plan submitted by such States and approved by the Secretary for the provision of workforce employment and training activities in the States, which includes a description of the process by which service delivery areas and substate areas may apply for and have waivers approved by the State, the requirements of the Wagner-Peyser Act [
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[References to a provision of the Job Training Partnership Act, effective , are deemed to refer to that provision or the corresponding provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, , , , and effective , are deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, see former . The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 was repealed by , §§ 506, 511(a), , , 1705, effective . Pursuant to , references to a provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 are deemed to refer to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, , , . For complete classification of the Job Training Partnership Act and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to the Code, see Tables. For complete classification of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.]
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriations act:
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