(1) "Career and technical training" means training or retraining and basic education, including literacy skills, designed to prepare individuals for gainful employment in recognized or new occupations or to prepare individuals to become self-employed. "Career and technical training" does not include programs of instruction for an individual, including transfer credit programs of instruction given at community colleges, that are primarily intended to lead toward a baccalaureate or higher degree or training that has for its purpose the preparation of individuals for employment in occupations that require a baccalaureate or higher degree from institutions of higher education unless approved by the Director of the Employment Department.
(2) "Eligible dislocated workers" means individuals who are not disqualified from benefits under ORS 657.176 and who:
(a) Have been terminated or laid off or who have received a notice of termination or layoff, are eligible for or have exhausted their entitlement to unemployment compensation and are unlikely to return to their previous industry or occupation;
(b) Have been terminated or have received a notice of termination of employment, as a result of any permanent closure of or any substantial layoff at a plant, facility or enterprise;
(c) Are long term unemployed and have limited opportunities for employment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which such individuals reside, including older individuals who may have substantial barriers to employment by reason of age;
(d) Were self-employed, including farmers and ranchers, and are unemployed as a result of general economic conditions in the community in which they reside or because of natural disasters;
(e) Returned to service in the Oregon National Guard or the military reserve forces of the United States following active duty service;
(f) Have separated from a declining industry; or
(g) Have been involuntarily and indefinitely separated from employment as a result of a permanent reduction of operations at their place of employment. [1969 c.156 §3; 1971 c.82 §2; 1991 c.685 §4; 1993 c.129 §1; 2005 c.174 §3; 2009 c.94 §23; 2009 c.115 §8; 2013 c.1 §85]
657.337 [Formerly 657.330; 1991 c.685 §5; 1993 c.624 §2; 1993 c.765 §12; 1995 c.495 §1; 1997 c.61 §9; 2001 c.684 §29; 2001 c.866 §1; 2003 c.536 §2; 2005 c.174 §1; 2009 c.94 §24; repealed by 2009 c.115 §11]