Sec.31-60-7. Learners

(a) For the purposes of this regulation, "learner" means a person who is enrolled in an established program which provides for vocational training for employment in an occupation which is not apprenticeable but for which a training period may extend over a considerable length of time. Learners shall be paid not less than the minimum fair wage unless written permission has been given by the labor commissioner to employ learners at less than the minimum fair wage for no more than two hundred hours in an approved training program.

To obtain such permission the employer shall make written application to the labor commissioner setting forth (1) the occupation for which the learner is to be trained; (2) the length of the training period; (3) a statement setting forth a schedule of work processes in the occupation which the learner is to be taught and the approximate time to be spent at each process; (4) related technical instruction if any; (5) a statement of the proposed graduated scale of wages to be paid the learner during the training period; (6) supervision to be received by the learner; (7) the maximum number of learners to be in training at any given time; (8) the total number of fully trained employees in the same occupation.

If upon examination of such application the labor commissioner finds that a modification of the minimum fair wage earn be approved in accordance with the provisions of section 31-60 of the general statutes, as amended, such approval stipulating the applicable minimum wage and the conditions controlling continuation of the approval will be issued in writing. One copy of this approval shall be retained by the employer and one copy shall be retained by the labor department. Each person to be employed as a trainee at less than the minimum fair wage per hour shall signify his acceptance of the training agreement in writing. This statement shall be retained by the employer as part of his payroll records.

(b) In addition to the records required by section 31-66 of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes and section 31-60-13, the employer shall maintain and retain for the period of the program the following records: (1) Each worker employed as a learner shall be designated as such on the payroll records or personnel records maintained by the employer and all learners shall be listed as a separate group on the payroll records or personnel records maintained by the employer. (2) The employer shall keep a cumulative record of the number of hours worked by each employee at a learner's rate and the total accumulation of such hours shall be carried forward and posted to the payroll record at the end of each pay period.

(Effective March 17, 1970)