- The Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board - All Youth One System (AYOS) is looking for businesses and agencies that will provide a safe and well supervised work environment where youth learn the importance of a strong work ethic and start down the path towards productive future employment. Worksite is expected to provide an onsite worksite supervisor to mentor his or her assigned youth. As a worksite, you agree to:
- Provide productive work assignments that create learning opportunities,
- Provide supervision of your youth at all times (alternate supervisors may be identified),
- Provide training and timely, constructive feedback,
- Provide positive adult role models,
- Regularly communicate with AYOS staff,
- Provide two performance evaluations,
- Ensure that time records are accurate, and
- Follow all labor laws and display all mandated legal postings.
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- Complete and submit the online worksite application form and someone from the AYOS will contact you shortly thereafter for further details.
Not all worksites are suitable for youth. We have the responsibility to review and approve all worksite requests.
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- Youth will work anywhere from 3 to 6 weeks (20 to 120 hours).
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- The AYOS Agency, NOT the worksite, is the employer of record and is responsible for paying all wages, payroll and workers compensation expenses.
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- Participants will be paid the minimum wage of $8.00 per hour.
Overtime is prohibited. Youth can not work more than 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.
Work on Saturdays or Sundays is permitted as long as the youth’s direct supervisor is on site, the youth's work hours do not exceed the total allowable hours, and the AYOS Agency has on-call staff available to respond to any emergencies or concerns.
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- Eligible youth will be paid by check by his/her AYOS Agency. Each youth will receive a payroll schedule with the dates paychecks will be issued.
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- Yes, you may interview the youth. You are not obligated to accept the youth referred to you, if he or she does not meet your needs.
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- Yes. We recommend the orientation be conducted on the youth's first work day. If the orientation or any other activities will take place at a different location from the worksite, please inform us.
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- Our goal is to locate a sufficient number of quality worksites to place one youth per worksite supervisor to ensure a productive placement. Depending on the size of your business and the number of on-site supervisors, the AYOS Agency may consider placing additional youth.
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- The schedule will be developed by you and your assigned AYOS staff. Any deviation from the originally agreed upon schedule must be pre-approved by AYOS staff.
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- When assigning a youth to a worksite AYOS staff will take the following factors into account:
- Whether the worksite can offer the youth an opportunity to learn and enhance their skill level.
- Whether the skills required by the job are skills that will help the youth in the future.
- The youth's expressed career interests.
- Finally, depending upon the worksite location and the youth's transportation plans, make sure the youth is able to reliably get to and from the worksite.
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- Timesheets are important to ensure that the youth develop good work habits and learn responsibility. We need Worksite Supervisors to track participants' time accurately, as the youth will only be paid for the time they actually work. Worksite Supervisors are to:
- Review each timesheet to ensure that the youth accurately signs in and out daily, and
- Approve the hours reported on the time sheet.
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- AYOS staff will serve as the liaison between the worksite and the AYOS Agency. AYOS staff is an advocate for the youth, and ensures that he or she has a productive work experience. Staff is also an advocate for the employer and coaches the youth, as necessary, to ensure he or she learns good work attitudes and habits.
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- Before youth are placed at your agency, AYOS staff will make a worksite visit to look at all your facilities in order to ensure that the youth will be doing productive work in a safe environment. Once youth are placed, AYOS staff will contact worksite supervisors to ensure things are running smoothly and provide coaching to the youth as needed. Our staff will also work closely with you to minimize disruptions at your worksite.
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- For many of these youth, this will be their first work experience. Lifelong attitudes toward work are often formed from our first work experience. If a participant is having difficulty, the Worksite Supervisor should first discuss any concerns with the youth and his or her assigned AYOS staff directly and candidly. The AYOS staff will counsel the youth.
If the problem continues, you have the right to terminate a youth's placement at any time. Call the assigned AYOS staff, and alternative arrangements will be made.
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- The FRWIB strongly encourages worksites to consider their youth for employment opportunities if it does not conflict with school or further training. Many businesses find this program is an ideal opportunity to evaluate a prospective employee at no cost to their company or business.
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