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Connecticut Department of Labor
Apprenticeship Statutes
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Sec. 31-22m. Apprenticeship. Definitions.
When used in sections 31-22m
to 31-22q, inclusive, "apprentice" means a person employed under a written
agreement to work at and learn a specific trade; "apprentice agreement" means a
written agreement entered into by an apprentice, or on his behalf by his parent
or guardian, with an employer, or with an association of employers and an
organization of employees acting as a joint apprenticeship committee, which
agreement provides for not less than two thousand hours of work experience in
approved trade training consistent with recognized requirements established by
industry or joint labor-industry practice and for the number of hours of related
and supplemental instructions prescribed by the Connecticut State Apprenticeship
Council or which agreement meets requirements of the federal government for
on-the-job training schedules which are essential, in the opinion of the Labor
Commissioner, for the development of manpower in Connecticut industries;
"council" means the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council.
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Sec. 31-22n. Apprenticeship council.
The Governor shall appoint
twelve members to the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council, each of whom
shall have some association with apprentice training. Four shall be
representative of Connecticut industry, with one representative each from the
manufacturing, building, mechanical and service industries, provided at least
one such member represents a business that operates without a collective
bargaining agreement; four shall be Connecticut members of national labor
organizations with apprentice training programs; four shall represent the
public, one of whom shall be the Labor Commissioner. Members shall each serve a
term which is coterminous with the term of the Governor, each member to hold
office until a successor is appointed. Any vacancy in the membership of the
council shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired term. It shall meet on
the call of the chairman, who shall be the Labor Commissioner. On or before
August first of each year, the council shall prepare a report describing the
activities of the council, this report to be included in the Labor
Commissioner's report to the Governor. The members of the council shall not be
compensated for their services, but the members, except the Labor Commissioner
and any state employee, shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties.
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Sec. 31-22o. Powers and duties of council.
The council may adopt
recommendations for minimum standards of apprenticeship and for related and
supplementary instruction, encourage registration and approval of apprentice
agreements and training programs, and issue certificates of completion upon the
verification by employers or joint apprenticeship committees of the satisfactory
completion of the term of apprenticeship. The council shall formulate policies
for the effective administration of sections 31-22m to 31-22q, inclusive. Such
policies by the council shall not invalidate any apprenticeship provision in any
collective bargaining agreement between employers and employees. All apprentice
programs adopted and registered with the council under said sections shall be on
a voluntary basis and shall be installed for the purpose of developing skilled
workers for the service trades and industries of Connecticut.
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Sec. 31-22p. Labor commissioner's powers and
duties.
The Labor Commissioner, with
the advice and guidance of the council, shall formulate work training standards
which will ensure necessary safeguards for the welfare of apprentices and a full
craft experience in any skill, in order to provide equal opportunities to all,
without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin, and
to provide training, employment and upgrading opportunities for disadvantaged
workers to acquire a comprehensive skilled work experience and to extend the
application of such standards of skill training by inclusion thereof in
apprenticeship agreements, and shall bring together representatives of
management and labor for the development of training programs and terms of
apprenticeship incidental thereto and cooperate with state and federal agencies
similarly interested in furtherance of training requirements in keeping with
established and new processes of Connecticut industries. The Labor Commissioner
shall publish information relating to existing and proposed work standards of
apprenticeship, hold area conferences throughout the state for the purpose of
promoting interest in skilled trades training and appoint such advisory
committees as may be deemed necessary to evaluate the skilled manpower
requirements of Connecticut in order to cope with any new technological changes
in industry.
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Sec. 31-22q. Program of
apprentice training.
To assist in the
administration of sections 31-22m to 31-22q, inclusive, there shall continue to
be maintained in the Labor Department a program of apprentice training. The
Labor Commissioner is authorized to appoint, in accordance with the provisions
of chapter 67, such personnel as may be necessary for effective administration
of said sections.
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Sec. 31-22r.
Apprenticeship
Registration; Apprentices, Sponsors.
- 1. Each person
who registered as an apprentice with the Labor Department before July 1, 2003,
and has not completed an
apprenticeship as of July 9, 2003, shall pay to the
Labor Department a registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July
1,
2003, and a renewal registration fee of twenty-five dollars on or before July
first of each subsequent year until (A) such
registration is withdrawn, or (B)
such person has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson
card of
occupational license, if required.
- Each person who
initially registers as an apprentice with the Labor Department on or after July
1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department a registration fee of twenty-five
dollars at the time of registration and an annual renewal registration fee of
twenty-five dollars until (A) such registration is withdrawn, or (B) such person
has completed an apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson card of
occupational license, if required.
- Each person
sponsoring an apprenticeship program registered with the Labor Department as of
July 1, 2003, shall pay to the Labor Department an annual registration fee of
thirty dollars for each apprentice participating in such program until the
apprentice has completed the apprenticeship and possesses a valid journeyperson
card of occupational license, if required, or such program is cancelled by the
sponsor or deregistered for cause by the Labor Department in accordance with
regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, whichever is earlier.
- Any amount
collected by the Labor Department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in
the General Fund and credited to a separate nonlapsing appropriation to the
Labor Department, for the purpose of administering the department's apprentice
training program and sections 31-22m to 31-22p, inclusive.
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Sec. 31-22s.
Report
re Feasibility of On-Line Apprenticeship Registration System.
Not later than February 4,
2004, the Labor Commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of
section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to labor and higher education and employment
advancement, concerning the feasibility of establishing an on-line system for
registering apprentices and apprenticeship programs with the Labor Department.
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Sec. 31-22t.
Preclusion
of Apprentice Training Programs Prohibited.
All collective bargaining
clauses which, in the judgment of the federal or state contracting agency
administering the contract, preclude, prohibit or in any way discourage
employers or groups of employers from engaging in any federal, state or
on-the-job apprentice training program approved by any federal or state agency
so empowered shall be void and unenforceable. This section shall not apply to
any collective bargaining agreement in effect on July 1, 1969, for the duration
of such agreement.
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