---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 679.610"
title: "20"
number: "679.610"
heading: "What provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be waived, and what provisions may not be waived?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/679.610"
---

# §679.610. What provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be waived, and what provisions may not be waived?

- (a) The Secretary may waive for a State, or local area in a State, any of the statutory or regulatory requirements of subtitles A, B and E of title I of WIOA, except for requirements relating to:
  - (1) Wage and labor standards;
  - (2) Non-displacement protections;
  - (3) Worker rights;
  - (4) Participation and protection of workers and participants;
  - (5) Grievance procedures and judicial review;
  - (6) Nondiscrimination;
  - (7) Allocation of funds to local areas;
  - (8) Eligibility of providers or participants;
  - (9) The establishment and functions of local areas and Local WDBs;
  - (10) Procedures for review and approval of State and Local plans;
  - (11) The funding of infrastructure costs for one-stop centers; and
  - (12) Other requirements relating to the basic purposes of title I of WIOA described in [§ 675.100](/cfr/20/675.100.md) of this chapter.
- (b) The Secretary may waive for a State, or local area in a State, any of the statutory or regulatory requirements of [secs. 8 through 10](/cfr/20/8..10.md) of the Wagner- Peyser Act ([29 U.S.C. 49g-49i](/usc/29/49g-49i.md)) except for requirements relating to:
  - (1) The provision of services to unemployment insurance claimants and veterans; and
  - (2) **Universal access to the basic labor exchange services without cost to job seekers.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 101, 106, 107, 108, 189, 503, Public Law 113-128, 128 Stat. 1425 (Jul. 22, 2014).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 56371, Aug. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.