Sec.31-51d-3. Eligibility and procedure for approval and registration

(a) No apprenticeship program or agreement shall be eligible for approval and registration unless it is in conformity with the requirements of this regulation.

(b) The apprentice must be individually registered by filing copies of each apprenticeship agreement with the director. This registration is not transferable from one program sponsor to another program sponsor without written notice to the director and formal transfer thereof. When sponsor reorganization occurs, transfer of program obligations to the new entity is allowed when new organization is controlled by former principal officers or owners. Registration is reserved for those desiring to learn a trade through reasonably continuous employment. Agreements shall not be registered for persons desiring only work or employment on a substantially shorter work week than is prevailing in the industry. This, however, does not apply to pre-apprentices who are pursuing a course of career study as students in the same trade or in study related to the trade.

(c) The director shall be notified promptly of the termination or suspension of any registered training agreement, with cause for same, and of apprenticeship and training completions. Certification of the registration status of any apprentice shall be issued in writing by the director upon request.

(d) Any modification(s) or change(s) to registered standards shall be promptly submitted to the director and, if duly approved, shall be recorded and acknowledged as a revision of such standards.

(e) Under a program proposed for approval and registration by an employer or employers' association where the standards, collective bargaining agreement or other instrument provides for participation by a union in any matter in the operation of the substantive matters of the apprenticeship program and such participation is exercised, written acknowledgement of union agreement or "no objection" to the registration is required. Where no such participation is evidenced and practiced, the employer or employers' association shall simultaneously furnish to the union, if any, which is the collective bargaining agent of the employees to be trained, a copy of the application for registration and of the apprenticeship program. The director shall provide a reasonable time of not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days for receipt of union comments, if any, before final action on the application for registration for approval.

(f) If the sponsor is involved in any abnormal labor condition such as a strike, lockout, or other similar condition, the approval of an apprenticeship program may be temporarily suspended until such issue is resolved.

(g) If it should be determined by the department that a sponsor is in violation of any federal or state labor laws or rules or regulation, the apprenticeship program approval may be suspended until such issue is resolved.

(Effective January 22, 1980)