(a) OJT payments to employers are deemed to be compensation for the extraordinary costs associated with training participants and potentially lower productivity of the participants while in the OJT.

(b) Employers may be reimbursed up to 50 percent of the wage rate of an OJT participant, and up to 75 percent using the criteria in §680.730, for the extraordinary costs of providing the training and additional supervision related to the OJT.

(c) Employers are not required to document such extraordinary costs.