text:
(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Current foster youth” means a child or nonminor dependent, as defined by Section 675(8) of Title 42 of the United States Code and subdivision (v) of Section 11400 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, who is between the ages of 13 and 21 years, has been removed from the custody of their parent, legal guardian, or Indian custodian, pursuant to Section 361 or Section 726 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and is under an order of foster care placement by the juvenile court.

(2) “Former foster youth” means a person between the ages of 18 and 26 years who previously met the definition of “current foster youth.” “Former foster youth” does not include a child or nonminor dependent whose placement was terminated by reunification with a parent, legal guardian, Indian custodian, appointment of a legal guardian, or adoption.

(3) “Foster youth” means current foster youth and former foster youth.

(4) “Homeless youth” means a person up to 26 years of age who meets the definition of “homeless children and youths” in Section 11434a(2) of Title 42 of the United States Code, as it read on January 1, 2021.

(b) The Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship shall create a subcommittee to study and report on issues related to the participation of homeless youth and foster youth in apprenticeships and preapprenticeships. The subcommittee shall do all of the following:

(1) Collect and organize publicly available or agency member data on the number of homeless youth and foster youth served by California’s apprenticeship system. Member data shall be deidentified to protect the privacy rights of individuals.

(2) Evaluate the success rate of apprenticeships and preapprenticeships among homeless youth and foster youth.

(3) Identify existing challenges related to identifying, reaching, and recruiting homeless youth and foster youth, along with potential opportunities to improve the rate of successful apprenticeship completion.

(4) Prepare recommendations on how to address the challenges identified in paragraph (3), which may include considerations relative to the need for additional services or specialized training programs.

(c) On and after July 1, 2023, the findings and recommendations identified in subdivision (b) shall be included in the annual report to the Legislature required by Section 3073.5.

(d) At the request of any member of the subcommittee, the duties of the subcommittee described in subdivision (b) may be expanded to include issues related to minority populations.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 194, Sec. 2. (AB 565) Effective January 1, 2022.)

article: 1. Administration


kind: section

code: LAB

citation: LAB § 3072

text: The Director of Industrial Relations is ex officio the Administrator of Apprenticeship and is authorized to appoint assistants as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 46, Sec. 100. (SB 1038) Effective June 27, 2012.)

division: 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

chapter: 4. Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship

article: 1. Administration

path: 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS > 4. Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship > 1. Administration


citation: LAB § 3073

text:
(a) The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, or their duly authorized representative, shall administer the provisions of this chapter; act as secretary of the California Apprenticeship Council and the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; shall foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the apprentice and industry, improve the working conditions of apprentices, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment; shall ensure that selection procedures are impartially administered to all applicants for apprenticeship; shall gather and promptly disseminate information through apprenticeship and training information centers; shall maintain on public file in all high schools and field offices of the Employment Development Department the name and location of the local area apprenticeship committees, the filing date, and minimum requirements for application of all registered apprenticeship programs; shall cooperate in the development of apprenticeship programs and may advise with them on problems affecting apprenticeship standards; shall audit all selection and disciplinary proceedings of apprentices or prospective apprentices; may enter joint agreements with the Employment Development Department outreach education and employment programs, and educational institutions on the operation of apprenticeship information centers, including positive efforts to achieve information on equal opportunity and affirmative action programs for women and minorities; and shall supervise and recommend apprenticeship agreements as to these standards and perform such other duties associated therewith as the California Apprenticeship Council may recommend. The chief shall coordinate the exchange, by the California Apprenticeship Council, the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship, apprenticeship program sponsors, the Civil Rights Council, community organizations, and other interested persons, of information on available minorities and women who may serve as apprentices.

(b) The chief, in consultation with the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship, shall issue rules and regulations that establish standards for minimum wages, maximum hours, and working conditions for apprentice agreements in all industries other than the building and construction trades and firefighter occupations, as well as standards governing preapprenticeship, certification, and other on-the-job training and retraining programs and agreements that are certified pursuant to this chapter. Pending the issuance of new rules and regulations pursuant to this subdivision, the following regulations in Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations shall apply to programs in all industries other than the building and construction trades and firefighting: Sections 200 to 202, inclusive, Sections 205 to 224, inclusive, Sections 235 to 263, inclusive, and Sections 281 to 282, inclusive, with the exception of any filing requirements, appeal rights, or other procedures pertaining to the California Apprenticeship Council.

(c) Any determination or decision made by the California Apprenticeship Council before the operative date of the act adding subdivision (b) to this section shall be deemed a decision or determination of the chief with respect to any program, trade, or standard that does not remain under the jurisdiction of the California Apprenticeship Council.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 68. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 2022.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
(a) The division shall evaluate apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs to ensure that the program evaluated is complying with its standards, that all on-the-job training is supervised by journeypersons, that all classroom instruction required by the apprenticeship or preapprenticeship standards is being provided, that all work processes in the standards are being covered, that graduates have completed the program’s requirements, and that any funds received under this chapter were properly obtained and are being expended appropriately. The division shall examine each apprenticeship program to determine whether apprentices are graduating from or completing the program on schedule or dropping out and to determine whether graduates of the apprenticeship program have obtained employment as journeypersons. During the evaluation, the division shall attempt to contact a statistically valid sample of apprentices who have dropped out of the program prior to completion to determine their reasons for leaving the program. Every program sponsor shall have a duty to cooperate with the division in conducting an evaluation.

(b) Evaluation reports for building and construction trade and firefighting programs shall be presented to the California Apprenticeship Council and reports concerning any other program shall be presented to the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. The division shall make reports public, except that the division shall not make public information that would infringe on the privacy of individuals. The division shall recommend remedial action to correct deficiencies recognized in the audit report, and the failure to follow division recommendations or to correct deficiencies within a reasonable period of time shall be grounds for withdrawing state approval of a program. In any case in which a program has willfully violated any of the laws, regulations, or orders governing apprenticeship programs, funding provided to apprenticeship programs and associated entities, applicants for apprenticeship, or apprentices registered under this chapter, the division may initiate the deregistration process to withdraw state approval of the program. Nothing shall prevent the division from conducting evaluations of programs where deficiencies have been identified or where it receives information that a program is not being operated in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations or the program’s approved program standards. If a program is found to be using funds provided under this chapter for purposes other than those for which the funds were granted or is found to have obtained the funds improperly, then the program shall not be eligible to receive any future funding from the same funding program and the division may initiate the deregistration process to withdraw state approval of the program.

(c) (1) The division may suspend registrations of new apprentice agreements by providing written notice of the reasons for the suspension. The division shall provide such notice at least 10 days before the suspension is effective and shall serve the notice on the program by electronic mail, or by mail if the program does not have an electronic mail address on file.

(2) If the division does not initiate deregistration proceedings within 45 days of the effective date of the suspension, the suspension is lifted.

(3) If deregistration proceedings are pending when the notice of suspension is served, or the division initiates deregistration proceedings within 45 days of the effective date of the suspension, the suspension will remain in effect until one of the following occurs:

(A) A decision on the deregistration is final.

(B) The division provides written notice that it has dismissed deregistration proceedings.

(C) The division lifts the suspension, upon a showing of good cause.

(4) A program affected by a suspension under this section may appeal to the Administrator of Apprenticeship within 10 days of the effective date of the suspension. If the administrator does not act within 30 days of the appeal, the appeal is deemed denied.

(d) The division shall give priority in conducting evaluations to programs that have been identified as having deficiencies. The division may conduct simplified evaluations for programs with fewer than five registered participants.

(e) One year following the creation of a new program or substantial expansion of an existing program, the division shall evaluate the program for quality and conformity with the requirements of this section.

(f) If the division finds evidence that information provided to it by an apprenticeship program has been purposefully misstated, including information provided to obtain funding under this chapter, the division shall immediately investigate and determine whether an evaluation of the program or deregistration is necessary. After such investigation, the division may initiate the deregistration process to withdraw state approval of the program. The division shall report its investigatory findings for building and construction trade and firefighting programs to the California Apprenticeship Council and shall report its investigatory findings for all other programs to the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. The division shall make the investigatory findings available to the public, except that the division shall not make public information that would infringe upon the privacy of individuals.

(g) If the division determines that an apprenticeship program has been the subject of two or more meritorious complaints that concern the recruitment, training, or education of apprentices within a five-year period, the division shall schedule the program for an evaluation within three months of the determination.

(h) If the division determines that an apprenticeship program that has had at least two graduating classes has an annual apprentice completion rate below 50 percent of the average completion rate for the applicable occupation, the division shall schedule the program for an evaluation within three months of the determination.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 142. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
(a) The division may fund the programs established pursuant to this chapter by means of grants, reimbursements, or other appropriate funding mechanisms rather than contracts. The grants shall not be subject to the review or approval specified in Section 10295 of the Public Contract Code. The division may provide grants, reimbursements, or funding through other appropriate funding mechanisms for any purpose consistent with this chapter, including for training of apprentices or the establishment or ongoing support of an apprenticeship program. The division may enter into contracts or interagency agreements to carry out this function.

(b) The division may apply for, receive, and use federal funding for the administration of its functions under this chapter.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 13. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)

article: 1. Administration


text: It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Industrial Relations will encourage greater participation for women, ethnic minorities, and the disabled in programs administered pursuant to this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 164, Sec. 2. (AB 1019) Effective January 1, 2020.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, the California Apprenticeship Council, and the Interagency Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship shall annually report separately through the Director of Industrial Relations to the Legislature and the public on their activities. The report shall contain information including, but not limited to, analyses of the following:

(a) (1) The number of individuals, including numbers of women, minorities, foster youth, and homeless youth, registered in apprenticeship, preapprenticeship, and other programs administered pursuant to this chapter in the state for the current year and in each of the previous five years.

(2) For construction trade and firefighter apprenticeship programs, the report shall include demographic data detailing the racial, ethnic, and gender makeup of those participants for the annual reporting period.

(b) The number and percentage of participants, including numbers and percentages of women, minorities, foster youth, and homeless youth, registered in each program having five or more participants, and the percentage of those participants who have completed their programs successfully in the current year and in each of the previous five years.

(c) Remedial actions taken by the division to assist those programs having difficulty in achieving affirmative action goals or having very low completion rates.

(d) The number of disputed issues with respect to individual apprenticeship or other agreements submitted to the Administrator of Apprenticeship for determination and the number of those issues resolved by the administrator or the council on appeal.

(e) The number of apprenticeship and other program applications received by the division, the number approved, the number denied and the reason for those denials, the number being reviewed, and deficiencies, if any, with respect to those program applications being reviewed.

(f) The number of apprenticeship programs, approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, that are disapproved by the California Apprenticeship Council, and the reasons for those disapprovals.

(g) The number of apprenticeship programs receiving reimbursement for related and supplemental instruction pursuant to Section 8152 or 79149.3 of the Education Code including the amounts reimbursed to each program, as reported to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards by the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges.

(h) The number of apprenticeship programs receiving reimbursement as part of the budget formula developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5 of the Education Code or its successor section, as described in Section 79149.1 of the Education Code including the amounts reimbursed to each program, as reported to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards by the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges.

(i) The activities of the division in expanding youth apprenticeships and outcomes related to the Youth Apprenticeships Grant Program, including:

(1) The number of new youth apprentices registered in the current year.

(2) The number of active youth apprentices as of the end of the previous year.

(3) The number of youth apprentices and preapprentices supported by the Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program, including numbers of women, minorities, foster youth, homeless youth, and individuals in “target populations” as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 3122.

(4) The number of grant recipients and the amount of funding disbursed through the Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program pursuant to Section 3122.

(j) Any apprenticeship standards or regulations that were proposed or adopted in the previous year.

(k) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Current foster youth” means a child or nonminor dependent, as defined by Section 675(8) of Title 42 of the United States Code and subdivision (v) of Section 11400 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, who is between the ages of 13 and 21 years, has been removed from the custody of their parent, legal guardian, or Indian custodian, pursuant to Section 361 or Section 726 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and is under an order of foster care placement by the juvenile court.

(2) “Former foster youth” means a person between the ages of 18 and 26 years who previously met the definition of “current foster youth.” “Former foster youth” does not include a child or nonminor dependent whose placement was terminated by reunification with a parent, legal guardian, Indian custodian, appointment of a legal guardian, or adoption.

(3) “Foster youth” means current foster youth and former foster youth.

(4) “Homeless youth” means a person up to 26 years of age who meets the definition of “homeless children and youths” in Section 11434a(2) of Title 42 of the United States Code, as it read on January 1, 2021.

(5) “Youth apprentice” means an apprentice between the ages of 16 and 24 years.

(6) “Youth preapprentice” means a preapprentice between the ages of 16 and 24 years.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 14. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)

article: 1. Administration


text: Every person who willfully discriminates in any recruitment or apprenticeship program on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940 of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926 and 12926.1 of the Government Code, except as otherwise provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 28. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
(a) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards may cooperate in the provision of, or provide, services to the Employment Development Department, and to service delivery areas, as designated pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), and Division 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code. The Division of Apprenticeship Standards may enter into any agreements as may be necessary for this purpose.

(b) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall exert maximum effort to persuade sponsors of its registered, nonfederally funded, voluntary apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs to accept to the maximum possible extent the eligible persons as described in the federal Workforce and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), and Division 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of the Unemployment Insurance Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 29. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
(a) No building and construction trades apprenticeship program shall discriminate against any apprentice or applicant for apprenticeship on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age for individuals over forty years of age, military or veteran status, or sexual orientation with regard to all of the following:

(1) Recruitment, outreach, and selection procedures.

(2) Hiring or placement, upgrading, periodic advancement, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, termination, right of return from layoff, and rehiring.

(3) Rotation among work processes.

(4) Imposition of penalties or other disciplinary action.

(5) Rates of pay or any other form of compensation and changes in compensation.

(6) Conditions of work.

(7) Hours of work and hours of training provided.

(8) Job assignments.

(9) Leaves of absence, sick leave, or any other leave.

(10) Any other benefit, term, condition, or privilege associated with apprenticeship.

(b) In implementing this section, the division and the Administrator of Apprenticeship shall look to the legal standards, defenses, and exceptions applied under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, its implementing regulations, and any interpretive guidance issued by the Civil Rights Department in determining whether a building and construction trades apprenticeship program has engaged in a practice prohibited by subdivision (a).

(c) Each building and construction trades apprenticeship program shall take affirmative steps to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship, including:

(1) The apprenticeship program shall designate one or more individuals with appropriate authority under the program, such as an apprenticeship coordinator, to be responsible and accountable for overseeing the program’s commitment to equal opportunity in apprenticeship. The designees shall have the resources of, support of, and access to, the apprenticeship program leadership, to ensure effective implementation. The designees will be responsible for all of the following:

(A) Monitoring all apprenticeship activity to ensure compliance with the nondiscrimination obligations required by this section.

(B) Maintaining records required under this section.

(C) Generating and submitting reports as may be required by the division.

(2) The apprenticeship program shall inform all applicants for apprenticeship, apprentices, instructors, and employees of the apprenticeship program of its commitment to equal opportunity. The apprenticeship program shall require that apprentices, instructors, and employees of the apprenticeship program take the necessary action to aid the apprenticeship program in meeting its nondiscrimination obligations under this section. The apprenticeship program, at a minimum, shall do all of the following:

(A) Publish its equal opportunity pledge set forth in subdivision (c) in the program’s apprenticeship standards, and in appropriate publications, such as apprentice and employee handbooks, policy manuals, newsletters, or other documents disseminated by the apprenticeship program that otherwise describe the nature of the program.

(B) Post its equal opportunity pledge set forth in subdivision (c) on bulletin boards, including through electronic media, such that it is accessible to apprentices and applicants for apprenticeship.

(C) Conduct orientation and periodic information sessions for apprentices, instructors, and employees of the apprenticeship program to inform and remind such individuals of the apprenticeship program’s equal employment opportunity policy, and to provide the training required by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4).

(D) Provide annual notice to any contractor that employs apprentices of the apprenticeship program’s commitment to equal opportunity and the contractor’s obligation to ensure that apprentices it employs are not harassed or discriminated against on any of the bases described in subdivision (a).

(E) Maintain records necessary to demonstrate compliance with these requirements, including records of complaints, and make them available to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards upon request.

(3) The apprenticeship program shall implement measures to ensure that its outreach and recruitment efforts for apprentices extend to all persons available for apprenticeship within the apprenticeship program’s relevant recruitment area without regard to the characteristics described in subdivision (a).

(4) The apprenticeship program shall develop and implement procedures to ensure that its apprentices are not harassed or discriminated against on any of the bases described in subdivision (a), and to ensure that its apprenticeship program is free from intimidation and retaliation. To promote an environment in which all apprentices feel safe, welcomed, and treated fairly, the apprenticeship program shall ensure all of the following steps are taken:

(A) Providing antiharassment and antidiscrimination training to all apprentices, instructors, and employees of the apprenticeship program. This training shall not be a mere transmittal of information, but shall include participation by trainees, such as attending a training session in person or completing interactive training online. The training content shall include, at a minimum, communication of the following:

(i) That discriminatory or harassing conduct will not be tolerated.

(ii) The definition of discrimination and harassment and the types of conduct that constitute unlawful discrimination and harassment.

(iii) The complaint procedures established by the apprenticeship program as described in subparagraph (C).

(iv) The procedure for filing a complaint with the Administrator of Apprenticeship pursuant to Section 201 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations.

(B) Making all facilities and apprenticeship activities available without regard to the characteristics described in subdivision (a) of this section except that if the apprenticeship program provides restrooms or changing facilities, the apprenticeship program may provide separate or all-gender toilets and changing facilities, provided that all individuals have equal access to facilities consistent with their gender identity.

(C) Establishing and implementing procedures for handling and resolving internal complaints about harassment or discrimination, including, but not limited to, the following:

(i) Designation of an individual or individuals responsible to receive complaints by apprentices of harassment or discrimination.

(ii) Procedures for prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation of complaints.

(iii) Procedures to protect the confidentiality of complaints to the extent possible and consistent with law.

(iv) Policies for immediate and appropriate corrective action when the program determines that harassment or discrimination has occurred, including policies for denying the dispatch of apprentices to, or revoking the training certification of, contractors that have been found by the apprenticeship program to have engaged in or permitted harassment of or discrimination against apprentices.

(v) Protections against retaliation for apprentices who have reported instances of harassment or discrimination.

(d) Each building and construction trades apprenticeship program shall include in its apprenticeship standards the following equal opportunity pledge:

(1) [Name of program] will not discriminate against apprenticeship applicants or apprentices based on race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age for individuals over forty years of age, military or veteran status, or sexual orientation. [Name of program] will take affirmative steps to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship.

(2) The nondiscrimination categories listed in this pledge may be broadened to conform to consistent federal, state, and local requirements. Programs may include additional protected categories, but may not exclude any of the categories protected by this section.

(e) An apprenticeship program may provide prevention of harassment training programs for journey-level workers.

(f) An apprenticeship program shall maintain records reflecting the prevention of harassment training provided, dates of training, and apprentice or journey-level worker attendance, and shall issue a certificate of completion to the apprentice or journey-level worker.

(g) The California Apprenticeship Council may issue rules and regulations as necessary to implement this section, including about what records apprenticeship programs shall maintain to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this section. The division shall comply with the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

(h) (1) Existing registered building and construction trades apprenticeship programs shall comply with all obligations of this section within 180 days of the effective date of this act.

(2) A new building and construction trades apprenticeship program registering with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards after the effective date of this act shall comply with all obligations of this section upon registration or within 180 days after the effective date of this section, whichever is later.

(i) Failure to comply with the requirements of this section may be grounds for an audit in accordance with Section 3073.1, a complaint to the Administrator of Apprenticeship in accordance with Section 201 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, or other actions in accordance with Section 212.4 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations. This section shall not create, or serve as the basis for, a private right of action, or limit any existing private right of action.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 69. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 2022.)

article: 1. Administration


citation: LAB § 3074

text:
The preparation of trade analyses and development of curriculum for instruction, and the administration and supervision of related and supplemental instruction for apprentices, coordination of instruction with job experiences, and the selection and training of teachers and coordinators for this instruction shall be the responsibility of, and shall be provided by, state and local boards responsible for vocational education upon agreement with the program sponsor. This responsibility shall not preclude the establishment of off-campus related and supplemental instruction when approved, developed, and operated in cooperation with state and local school boards responsible for vocational education, and when the instruction meets all other requirements of this chapter. It is the intent of this chapter that the instruction shall be made available to apprentices through classroom instruction, correspondence courses, self-study, or other means of instruction approved by state and local public education agencies authorized to provide vocational education.

Pursuant to this chapter all excess costs incurred by local public education agencies exceeding state apportionments and local revenue earned by the attendance of apprentices shall be payable by the program sponsor, upon joint agreement between the sponsor and the local education agency. The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall jointly issue regulations regarding calculation and payment provisions of excess costs to be borne by the program sponsors. All funds accrued by local education agencies from attendance in apprenticeship classes authorized by this section shall be expended or allocated for all such classes offered by the local education agency before excess costs may be claimed.

The Department of Education and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges may provide related and supplemental instruction to isolated apprentices as a direct instructional service, on a contractual basis with local school districts, by correspondence, or by a combination of these means. For the purpose of this section, an isolated apprentice is an apprentice registered with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in the Department of Industrial Relations who cannot be enrolled in a class of related and supplementary instruction for apprentices because of the small number of apprentices available for an appropriate class or because there is no existing apprenticeship program within a reasonable travel distance.

Interested parties may file a complaint in accordance with Section 201 of Title 8 of the California Administrative Code, when a community college or secondary education district is unable to reach agreement with program sponsors in providing related and supplemental instruction. In the process of securing an amicable adjustment, the administrator, or his or her representative, shall meet with the parties involved, including, but not limited to, the chancellor, or his or her representative, or the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or his or her representative.

Community colleges, and other public school districts, shall refuse to provide related and supplemental instruction to an apprenticeship program when it is determined by the Administrator of Apprenticeship that the program sponsor has been found to be in noncompliance with the State of California Plan for Equal Opportunity in Apprenticeship.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 30. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 1. Administration


text: In compliance with the affirmative action requirements of California’s plan for equal opportunity in apprenticeship, school districts maintaining high schools, community colleges districts, and apprenticeship program sponsors, shall provide students with information as to the availability of apprenticeship programs.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1175.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
(a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Career fair” means an event where multiple private businesses, government agencies, university representatives, or career technical school representatives are invited by a school or school district to present career options or career technical education options for students.

(2) “College fair” means an event where multiple college or university representatives are invited by a school or school district to present college options to students.

(3) “School” means public schools, including, but not limited to, charter schools and alternative schools.

(b) (1) A school district or school that is planning to hold a college or career fair shall notify each apprenticeship program in the same county as the school district or school of the college or career fair. In determining the county location of an apprenticeship program, the school district or school shall rely on the database of approved apprenticeship programs published by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards on its internet website.

(2) The notification shall include both of the following:

(A) The planned date and time of the college fair or career fair.

(B) The planned location of the college fair or career fair.

(3) Notice shall be delivered before the planned date of the college or career fair either by first-class mail or by electronic mail pursuant to the contact information contained in the database of approved apprenticeship programs published by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards on its internet website.

(c) School districts and schools are encouraged by the Legislature to host apprenticeship fair events, in the style of college and career fair events that are focused on local apprenticeship programs and career technical education opportunities.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 324, Sec. 2. (AB 643) Effective January 1, 2022.)

article: 1. Administration


text: In providing related and supplemental instruction pursuant to Section 3074, and notwithstanding any provisions of the Education Code, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall recognize registration in an apprenticeship program approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in the Department of Industrial Relations as an acceptable prerequisite to enrollment into such related and supplemental classes.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 285, Sec. 1.)

article: 1. Administration


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of a school district which offers classroom instruction in postgraduate and upgrading courses pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 3093 of this code may impose a fee upon individuals receiving instruction in such postgraduate and upgrading courses. Such fee shall be not more than the amount necessary, as determined by the governing board, to cover the total cost of all such classroom instruction given the individuals.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 961.)

article: 1. Administration


citation: LAB § 3075

text:
(a) An apprenticeship program may be administered by a joint apprenticeship committee, unilateral management or labor apprenticeship committee, or an individual employer. Programs may be approved by the chief in any trade in the state or in a city or trade area, whenever the apprentice training needs justify the establishment. Where a collective bargaining agreement exists, a program shall be jointly sponsored unless either party to the agreement waives its right to representation in writing. Joint apprenticeship committees shall be composed of an equal number of employer and employee representatives.

(b) For purposes of subdivision (a), the apprentice training needs in the building and construction trades and firefighter programs shall be deemed to justify the approval of a new apprenticeship program only if any of the following conditions are met:

(1) There is no existing apprenticeship program approved under this chapter serving the same craft or trade and geographic area.

(2) Existing apprenticeship programs approved under this chapter that serve the same craft or trade and geographic area do not have the capacity, or neglect or refuse, to dispatch sufficient apprentices to qualified employers at a public works site who have requested apprentices and are willing to abide by the applicable apprenticeship standards, as shown by a sustained pattern of unfilled requests.

(3) Existing apprenticeship programs approved under this chapter that serve the same trade and geographic area have been identified by the California Apprenticeship Council as deficient in meeting their obligations under this chapter.

(c) For purposes of subdivision (b), an existing apprenticeship program serves the “same craft or trade” as a proposed apprenticeship program when there would be substantial overlap in the work processes covered by the programs or when graduates of the existing program would be qualified to perform a substantial portion of the work that would be performed by graduates of the new program.

(d) The chief’s decisions regarding applications for new apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades and firefighters may be appealed by any interested party to the California Apprenticeship Council. For purposes of this section, an application for expansion of an existing program to include an additional occupation shall be considered an application for a “new apprenticeship program.”

(e) The chief’s decisions regarding applications for new apprenticeship programs outside the building and construction trades and firefighters are final and not subject to administrative appeal, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(f) The chief’s decisions regarding applications for new apprenticeship programs shall be posted to the division’s Internet Web site, which shall constitute the only form of notice and service. Appeals to the California Apprenticeship Council under this section must be filed within 30 days after notice of the chief’s decision.

(g) The chief shall not approve a new apprenticeship program that includes a substantial number of work processes covered by a program in the building and construction trades or firefighters, or approve the amendment of apprenticeship standards to include those work processes, unless either of the following applies:

(1) The program is in the building and construction trades or a firefighter program and subject to the rules and regulations of the California Apprenticeship Council.

(2) The California Apprenticeship Council has granted consent to the approval of the program or the amendment to the apprenticeship standards. If no party files an objection with the chief to the approval of the proposed program or amendment alleging overlap of work processes under this subdivision, the chief shall not be required to seek the consent of the California Apprenticeship Council prior to approving the program or amendment.

(h) At least 30 days before approval of a new apprenticeship program, or of an amendment to the apprenticeship standards to include new work processes, the division shall post on its Internet Web site a copy of the proposed apprenticeship standards, which shall constitute the only form of notice and service that an application on the proposed program or amendment is pending. Notwithstanding subdivision (e), the chief’s decision regarding any new apprenticeship program or amendment of the apprenticeship standards to include new work processes may be appealed to the California Apprenticeship Council if notice under this subdivision is not provided.

(i) The division shall create a method on its Internet Web site for members of the public to subscribe to receive email updates when new decisions or proposed apprenticeship standards are posted pursuant to this section.

(j) Only the following programs may dispatch apprentices to projects subject to prevailing wage or skilled and trained workforce requirements:

(1) Programs in the building and construction trades approved before July 1, 2018.

(2) Programs in the building and construction trades approved under the standard in subdivision (b).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 32. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs

path: 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS > 4. Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship > 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text: It is the public policy of this state to encourage the utilization of apprenticeship as a form of on-the-job training, when such training is cost-effective in developing skills needed to perform public services. State and local public agencies shall make a diligent effort to establish apprenticeship programs for apprenticeable occupations in their respective work forces. In furtherance of this policy, public agencies shall take into consideration (a) the extent to which a continuous supply of trained personnel is readily available to public agencies to meet their skill requirements in the various occupations which are determined to be apprenticeable, and (b) the application of established programs in the private sector, where appropriate. Public sector apprenticeship programs should be fully compatible with affirmative action goals for the participation of minorities and women in apprenticeship programs.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1179.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text:
(a) This section applies when a building and construction trades industry program applies to the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for approval of a new apprenticeship program or for the expansion of an existing apprenticeship program into a new occupation or geographic area. The requirements of this section are in addition to other requirements that may be imposed by statute or regulation.

(b) (1) An applicant for a new or expanded apprenticeship program under subdivision (a) shall submit to the chief a written plan that sets out the number of new apprentices the applicant seeks to enroll during the next five years in the new or expanded program, new occupation, or new geographic area. The plan must include the applicant’s budget for training the new apprentices and a detailed explanation of how the applicant intends to provide sufficient funding to meet that budget.

(2) The applicant shall submit to the chief a written plan providing a reasonable timetable to obtain sufficient commitments from employers to employ the new apprentices so as to ensure, to the extent feasible, consistent with the rates of employment for existing programs in good standing in the applicable trade, that the new apprentices will be employed continuously throughout the entire term of apprenticeship.

(3) The applicant shall submit to the chief verifiable evidence that the applicant has obtained, or will obtain, suitable and adequate facilities to train the new apprentices. The chief, or his or her representative, shall personally inspect the facilities within six months after the final approval of the program.

(4) The applicant shall submit to the chief a plan for the recruitment and selection of the new apprentices. The plan shall include advertising of the new apprenticeship opportunities within the geographic area and outreach to organizations that promote apprenticeship opportunities to women and underrepresented minorities.

(c) The chief shall not approve an application that fails to meet any of the requirements of this section. If the chief does not approve an application because of its failure to comply with this section, the chief shall within 90 days provide the applicant with a detailed explanation of the deficiencies in the application and recommendations for addressing those deficiencies to obtain program approval. The applicant may submit a new or amended application to the chief within 90 days of receipt of the chief’s recommendations. The chief shall provide a detailed response to a new or amended application within 90 days of its receipt.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 696, Sec. 2. (SB 56) Effective January 1, 2012.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text: Each building and construction trades apprenticeship program shall provide to each apprentice, on at least a semiannual basis, a statement showing the number of hours of on-the-job training and related and supplemental instruction that the apprentice has acquired toward graduation, the total number of hours of on-the-job training and related and supplemental instruction that are necessary for graduation, and the apprentice’s expected graduation date.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 696, Sec. 3. (SB 56) Effective January 1, 2012.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text: Every building and construction trades industry apprenticeship program shall submit apprentice registration, change of address, graduation, and termination data to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards on a monthly basis in an electronic format acceptable to the division.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 696, Sec. 4. (SB 56) Effective January 1, 2012.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3076

text: The function of a joint apprenticeship committee, when specific written authority is delegated by the parent organizations represented, shall be to establish work processes, wage rates, working conditions for apprentices, the number of apprentices which shall be employed in the trade under apprentice agreements, and aid in the adjustment of apprenticeship disputes in accordance with standards for apprenticeship set up by the California Apprenticeship Council for programs in the building and construction trades and for firefighters or by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for other programs. Disciplinary proceedings resulting from disputes shall be duly noticed to the involved individuals.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 33. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text: Program sponsors shall establish selection procedures which specify minimum requirements for formal education or equivalency, physical examination, if any, subject matter of written tests and oral interviews, and any other criteria pertinent to the selection process; shall specify the relative weights of all factors which determine selection to an apprenticeship program; shall submit in writing to the chief an official statement of each selection procedure including the filing date and location of the program sponsor; shall make a copy of the selection procedures available to each applicant; shall provide in writing to each applicant not selected an official explanation setting forth the reason or reasons for the nonselection, copies of which shall be retained as a public record in the files of the program sponsor for a period of five years; and shall implement affirmative action programs for minorities and women in accordance with the rules, regulations, and guidelines of the California Apprenticeship Council for programs in the building and construction trades and for firefighters or of the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for other programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 34. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text:
A program sponsor may provide in its selection procedures for an additional 10 points credit in the selection of veteran applicants for apprenticeship.

“Veteran,” as used in this section, means a veteran who has served in the armed forces of this country for at least 181 consecutive days since January 31, 1955, and who has been discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable, but does not include any person who served only in auxiliary or reserve components of the armed forces whose services therein did not exempt him or her from the operation of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 885).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 330, Sec. 5.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3077

text: The term “apprentice” as used in this chapter, means a person at least 16 years of age who has entered into a written agreement, in this chapter called an “apprentice agreement,” with an employer or program sponsor. The term of apprenticeship for each apprenticeable occupation shall be approved by the chief in accordance with the standards set forth in Section 3078.5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 35. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text: A program sponsor administering an apprenticeship program under this chapter shall not provide a maximum age for apprentices.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 330, Sec. 7.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3078

text:
Every apprentice agreement entered into under this chapter shall directly, or by reference, contain:

(a) The names of the contracting parties.

(b) The date of birth of the apprentice.

(c) A statement of the trade, craft, or business which the apprentice is to be taught, and the time at which the apprenticeship will begin and end.

(d) A statement showing the number of hours to be spent by the apprentice in work and the learning objectives to be accomplished through related and supplemental instruction, except as otherwise provided under Section 3074. In no case shall the combined weekly hours of work and required related and supplemental instruction of the apprentice exceed the maximum number of hours of work prescribed by law for a person of the age of the apprentice.

(e) A statement setting forth a schedule of the processes in the trade or industry divisions in which the apprentice is to be taught and the approximate time to be spent at each process.

(f) A statement of the graduated scale of wages to be paid the apprentice and whether the required schooltime shall be compensated.

(g) A statement providing for a period of probation during which time the apprentice agreement may be terminated by the program sponsor at the request in writing of either party, and providing that after the probationary period the apprentice agreement may be terminated by the administrator by mutual agreement of all parties thereto, or canceled by the administrator for good and sufficient reason. The period of probation shall be reasonable in relation to the full apprenticeship term, with full credit given for such period toward completion of the apprenticeship, and in no event shall exceed the shorter of 25 percent of the length of the program or one year.

(h) A provision that all controversies or differences concerning the apprentice agreement which cannot be adjusted locally, or which are not covered by collective bargaining agreement, shall be submitted to the administrator for determination as provided for in Section 3081.

(i) A provision that an employer who is unable to fulfill his or her obligation under the apprentice agreement may, with approval of the administrator, transfer the contract to any other employer if the apprentice consents and the other employer agrees to assume the obligation of the apprentice agreement.

(j) Such additional terms and conditions as may be prescribed or approved by the California Apprenticeship Council or by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, in consultation with the Interagency Apprenticeship Advisory Committee, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.

(k) A clause providing that there shall be no liability on the part of the other contracting party for an injury sustained by an apprentice engaged in schoolwork at a time when the employment of the apprentice has been temporarily or permanently terminated.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 36. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text:
(a) The term of apprenticeship may be measured either through the completion of the industry standard for hours of on-the-job learning and related and supplemental instruction, attainment of competency, or a hybrid blend of the time-based and competency-based approaches. However, programs in the building and construction trades and for firefighters shall use the time-based approach.

(1) The time-based approach measures skill acquisition through the individual apprentice’s completion of at least 144 hours of related and supplemental instruction and 2,000 hours of on-the-job learning as described in a work process schedule.

(2) The competency-based approach measures skill acquisition through the individual apprentice’s successful demonstration of acquired skills and knowledge, as verified by the program sponsor. Programs utilizing this approach shall require apprentices to complete no less than six months of an on-the-job learning component of registered apprenticeship. The program standards shall address how on-the-job learning will be integrated into the program, describe competencies, meet industry-recognized standards or certifications, and identify an appropriate means of testing and evaluation for such competencies.

(3) The hybrid approach measures the individual apprentice’s skill acquisition through a combination of specified minimum number of hours of on-the-job learning and the successful demonstration of competency as described in a work process schedule. Programs utilizing this approach shall require apprentices to complete no less than six months of an on-the-job learning component of registered apprenticeship.

(4) Term measures shall be set forth in the program standards and shall be subject to approval by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards based on the appropriateness of the measures for the apprenticeable occupations to which they apply.

(b) Programs utilizing the competency-based or hybrid approach and that issue interim credentials must identify each type or stage for issuing an interim credential, demonstrate how the credentials link to the components of the apprenticeable occupation, and establish a process for assessing an apprentice’s demonstration of competency associated with the particular interim credential. Interim credentials may only be issued for recognized components of an apprenticeable occupation and specifically link the credentials to the knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with those components.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 37. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3079

text: Every apprentice agreement under this chapter shall be approved by the local joint apprenticeship committee or the parties to a collective bargaining agreement, or by the administrator where there is no collective bargaining agreement or joint committee, a copy of which shall be filed with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Every apprentice agreement shall be signed by the employer, or his or her agent, or by a program sponsor, as provided in Section 3080, and by the apprentice, and if the apprentice is a minor, by the minor’s parent or guardian. Where a minor enters into an apprentice agreement under this chapter for a period of training extending into his or her majority, the apprentice agreement shall likewise be binding for such a period as may be covered during the apprentice’s majority.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 38. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3080

text:
(a) For the purpose of providing greater diversity of training or continuity of employment, any apprentice agreement made under this chapter may in the discretion of the California Apprenticeship Council for programs in the building and construction trades and for firefighters or of the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for other programs, be signed by an association of employers or an organization of employees instead of by an individual employer. In that case, the apprentice agreement shall expressly provide that the association of employers or organization of employees does not assume the obligation of an employer but agrees to use its best endeavors to procure employment and training for an apprentice with one or more employers who will accept full responsibility, as herein provided, for all the terms and conditions of employment and training set forth in the agreement between the apprentice and employer association or employee organization during the period of the apprentice’s employment. The apprentice agreement shall also expressly provide for the transfer of the apprentice, subject to the approval of the California Apprenticeship Council for programs in the building and construction trades and for firefighters or of the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for other programs, to an employer or employers who shall sign a written agreement with the apprentice, and if the apprentice is a minor, with the apprentice’s parent or guardian, as specified in Section 3079, contracting to employ the apprentice for the whole or a definite part of the total period of apprenticeship under the terms and conditions of employment and training set forth in the apprentice agreement.

(b) All apprenticeship programs with more than one employer or an association of employers shall include provisions sufficient to ensure meaningful representation of the interests of apprentices in the management of the program.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 39. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text: An apprentice registered in an approved apprenticeship program in any of the building and construction trades shall be employed only as an apprentice when performing any construction work for an employer that is a party, individually or through an employer association, to any apprenticeship agreement or standards covering that individual.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 40. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3081

text: Upon the complaint of any interested person or upon his or her own initiative, the administrator may investigate to determine if there has been a violation of the terms of an apprentice agreement, made under this chapter, and he or she may hold hearings, inquiries, and other proceedings necessary to such investigations and determinations. The parties to such agreement shall be given a fair and impartial hearing, after reasonable notice thereof. All such hearings, investigations, and determinations shall be made under authority of reasonable rules and procedures prescribed by the California Apprenticeship Council for programs in the building and construction trades and for firefighters or by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for other programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 41. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3082

text:
(a) The determination of the administrator shall be in writing and sent by regular mail to the parties’ last known addresses, with proof of service in accordance with Sections 1013a and 2015.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(b) For complaints involving programs in the building and construction trades and for firefighters, the determination shall be filed with the California Apprenticeship Council. Any person aggrieved by the determination or action of the administrator may appeal therefrom to the council, which shall review the entire record and may hold a hearing thereon after due notice to the interested parties. If no appeal is filed with the council within 10 days from the date the parties are given notification of the determination, in accordance with subdivision (a), the determination shall become the final order of the council.

(c) For complaints involving any other program, the determination of the administrator shall be final.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 42. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3083

text: All findings of fact in a final determination or decision issued pursuant to Section 3082 shall be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence, and all orders and decisions shall be prima facie lawful and reasonable.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 43. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3084

text: Any party to an apprentice agreement aggrieved by final order, determination, or decision of the council issued pursuant to Section 3082, may maintain appropriate proceedings in the courts on questions of law. The final order, determination, or decision shall be conclusive if the proceeding is not filed within 30 days after the date the aggrieved party is given notification of the order, determination, or decision.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 44. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text: In any case in which a person or persons have willfully violated any of the laws, regulations, or orders governing apprenticeship programs, funding provided to apprenticeship programs and associated entities, applicants for apprenticeship, or apprentices registered under this chapter, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards may obtain in a court of competent jurisdiction, an injunction against any further violations of any such laws, regulations, or orders by such person or persons. The division shall be awarded reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in seeking an injunction.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 15. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3085

text: No person shall institute any action for the enforcement of any apprentice agreement, or damages for the breach of any apprentice agreement, made under this chapter, unless all administrative remedies provided by this chapter have first been exhausted.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 45. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3086

text: Nothing in this chapter or in any apprentice agreement approved under this chapter shall operate to invalidate any apprenticeship provision in any collective bargaining agreement between employers and employees setting up higher apprenticeship standards.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 46. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3088

text: If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 220.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3089

text: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Shelley-Maloney Apprentice Labor Standards Act of 1939, as amended.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 47. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3090

text: The Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall investigate, approve or reject applications from establishments for apprenticeship and other on-the-job training, and for that purpose, may cooperate, or contract with, and receive reimbursements from the appropriate agencies of the Federal Government.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 42.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3091

text: Acceptance of an application for entrance into an apprenticeship training program shall not be predicated on the payment of any fee. Reasonable costs for expense incurred may be charged after an applicant has been accepted into the program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1124.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


text: Pursuant to Section 16370 of the Government Code, there is hereby authorized in the State Treasury a Special Deposit Fund Account, which shall consist of moneys collected from the sale of instructional material to persons enrolled in any apprenticeship training program under this chapter. All of the moneys collected are hereby appropriated without regard to fiscal year for the support of the Department of Education to be used for the development and production of apprenticeship instructional material.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1546, Sec. 19.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3092

text: A successful graduate of a training program in a particular apprenticeable occupation of a vocational education program meeting the standards of the California State Plan for Vocational Education may receive credit toward a term of apprenticeship if the program is jointly established and approved by a school district, a county superintendent of schools, a public entity conducting a regional occupational center or program, or a private postsecondary vocational school accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the United States Office of Education and the program sponsor of the particular apprenticeable occupation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 330, Sec. 11.)

article: 2. Apprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3093

text:
(a) This section applies only when voluntarily requested by the parties to a collective bargaining agreement or by an employer, an employer’s association, or a union, or its representative where there is no collective bargaining agreement.

(b) This section shall not be construed to compel, regulate, interfere with, or duplicate the provisions of any established training programs that are operated under the terms of any collective bargaining agreements or unilaterally by any employer or bona fide labor union.

(c) Services contemplated under this section may be provided only when voluntarily requested and shall be denied when it is found that existing prevailing conditions in the area and industry would in any way be lowered or adversely affected.

(d) The California Apprenticeship Council and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, in cooperation with the Department of Education, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, may foster and promote on-the-job training programs other than apprenticeship as follows: (1) programs for journeypersons in the apprenticeable occupations to keep them abreast of current techniques, methods, and materials and opportunities for advancement in their industries; (2) programs in other than apprenticeable occupations for workers entering the labor market for the first time or workers entering new occupations by reason of having been displaced from former occupations by reason of economic, industrial, technological, or scientific changes or developments; (3) the programs shall be in accord with and agreed to by the parties to any applicable collective bargaining agreements and where appropriate will include joint employer-employee cooperation in the programs.

(e) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards when requested may foster and promote voluntary on-the-job training programs in accordance with this section, and assist employers, employees and other interested persons and agencies in the development and carrying out of the programs. The Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall cooperate in these functions with the Department of Education, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and other governmental agencies. The Division of Apprenticeship Standards may cooperate with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of the Youth Authority in the development of training programs for inmates and ex-offenders released from correctional institutions.

(f) Apprenticeship programs, where appropriate, may include related and supplemental classroom instruction offered and administered by state and local boards responsible for vocational education.

(g) The activities and services of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in training programs under this section shall be performed without curtailing or in any way interfering with the division’s activities and services in apprenticeship.

(h) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards may contract with, and receive reimbursements from, appropriate federal, state, and other governmental agencies.

(i) The career technical education activities and services of the Department of Education, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and local public school districts shall not be abridged or abrogated through implementation of this section.

(j) “On-the-job training” as used in this section refers exclusively to training confined to the needs of a specific occupation and conducted at the jobsite for employed workers.

(k) “Journeyperson,” as used in this section, means a person who has either (1) completed an accredited apprenticeship in the person’s craft, or (2) who has completed the equivalent of an apprenticeship in length and content of work experience and all other requirements in the apprenticeship standards for the craft which has workers classified as journeypersons in an apprenticeable occupation.

(l) This section shall not be construed to require prior approval, ratification, or reference of any training program to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards or the Department of Industrial Relations.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 16. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)

article: 3. Other On-The-Job Training Programs

path: 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS > 4. Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship > 3. Other On-The-Job Training Programs


citation: LAB § 3100

text:
(a) On or before January 1, 2019, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall develop a process to approve preapprenticeship programs for purposes of establishing eligibility for any state programs.

(b) (1) A program seeking approval as a preapprenticeship program shall submit to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards a request for approval, on a form developed by the division.

(2) The request for approval shall include documentation evidencing that the program’s preapprenticeship training activities are conducted in partnership with one or more apprenticeship programs approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Valid documentation for purposes of this section shall include a copy of a memorandum of understanding or other formal written agreement that does all the following:

(A) Verifies the apprenticeship program’s support for the preapprenticeship program.

(B) Gives priority but not a guarantee to preapprenticeship graduates for acceptance into the apprenticeship program.

(C) Makes a commitment as to the number of preapprenticeship graduates that may be accepted into the apprenticeship program.

(c) To qualify for approval, a preapprenticeship program shall include the following elements:

(1) Training and curriculum based on industry standards and approved by the documented registered apprenticeship program partner or partners that will prepare individuals with the skills and competencies needed to enter one or more registered apprenticeship programs.

(2) Strategies that increase registered apprenticeship opportunities for underrepresented, disadvantaged, or low-skilled individuals, such that, upon completion, those individuals will meet the entry requirements, gain consideration, and be prepared for success in one or more registered apprenticeship programs. These strategies include any of the following:

(A) Strong recruitment efforts focused on outreach to populations underrepresented in local, state, and national registered apprenticeship programs.

(B) Educational and prevocational services that prepare individuals to meet the entry requisites of one or more registered apprenticeship programs, such as specific career and industry awareness workshops, job readiness courses, English for speakers of other languages, adult basic education, financial literacy seminars, and mathematics tutoring.

(C) Exposing participants to local, state, and national registered apprenticeship programs and providing direct assistance to participants applying to those programs.

(D) Facilitating access to appropriate support services during both the preapprenticeship program and a significant portion of the registered apprenticeship program.

(E) Efforts to sustain the ongoing partnership between the preapprenticeship program and registered apprenticeship program partner or partners, including collaborative efforts that promote alignment with the California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Unified Strategic Workforce Development Plan and use of the registered apprenticeship program as a preferred means for employers to develop a skilled workforce and create career opportunities for individuals.

(F) Providing physical preparedness training for jobs where physical ability and endurance are key elements of success.

(G) Providing training on safe working practices where applicable to the job.

(H) Providing hands-on training to individuals in a simulated lab experience or through volunteer opportunities that accurately simulate industry and occupational conditions while observing proper supervision and safety protocols, provided that such experience and opportunities do not supplant or reduce the compensable work of paid employees.

(I) Providing for automatic acceptance or priority credits for acceptance into apprenticeship programs of individuals who have successfully completed the preapprenticeship program, and when applicable, giving advance credit in the apprenticeship program for skills and competencies already acquired in the preapprenticeship program.

(d) Preapprenticeship programs shall be evaluated and approved based on a determination of the strengths of the elements described in subdivision (c), as demonstrated in the application.

(e) Approval of a preapprenticeship program shall expire in three years unless the program requests and obtains renewal of its approval by the division. Renewed approval shall be based on the program’s success in implementing the elements described in subdivision (c).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 187. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)

article: 4. Preapprenticeship Programs

path: 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS > 4. Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship > 4. Preapprenticeship Programs


citation: LAB § 3110

text:
(a) The provisions of this article shall be operative and implemented only upon appropriation of sufficient funds by the Legislature for that purpose. This article applies only to programs that are not within the jurisdiction of the council established pursuant to Section 3070.

(b) The division shall establish and administer the Apprenticeship Innovation Funding Program to provide grants, reimbursements, or funding through other appropriate funding mechanisms to an apprenticeship program for the support of apprenticeship programs or for the training of apprentices. Grants, reimbursements, or funding from other appropriate funding mechanisms pursuant to the Apprenticeship Innovation Funding Program shall be awarded using funding appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose.

(c) An apprenticeship program or eligible entity may submit an application to the division to request funds under this article in a manner specified by the division. An “eligible entity” is an entity that has registered apprentices with the division, including, but not limited to, public educational institutions, public and private nonprofit organizations, local workforce development boards specified in Section 14200 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, labor organizations, as defined in Section 1117, private for-profit organizations, education and training providers, tribal organizations, faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, industry associations, and parties to a collective bargaining agreement.

(d) Funding provided to the entities in subdivision (c) can be passed on to whichever entity is performing eligible activities pursuant to the funding that are consistent with this article, including the eligible activities described in Sections 3111.1 and 3112.1, provided that the entities are associated with an approved apprenticeship program.

(e) Any entity receiving funding pursuant to this article is subject to evaluation by the division under Section 3073.1. If the entity is found to have violated the provisions of this chapter, those violations are deemed imputed to the associated apprenticeship program, and the division may take any appropriate action against that apprenticeship program.

(f) As used in this article, “public educational institutions” includes local educational agencies, community colleges, the University of California, and the California State University.

(g) If a program or other entity is found to be using apprenticeship innovation funding for purposes other than those for which the funds were granted or is found to have obtained the funds improperly, then the program or other entity shall not be eligible to receive any apprenticeship innovation funding and the division or entity authorized to provide funding shall cease providing funds.

(h) The division shall require that recipients of apprenticeship innovation funding demonstrate a commitment to high road principles, as described in subdivision (s) of Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, and shall evaluate the performance of recipients based on those principles.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 17. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)

path: 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS > 4. Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship > 5. Apprenticeship Innovation Funding Program


citation: LAB § 3111

text:
(a) The division may provide apprenticeship innovation funding support funds for the organizing, running, and sustaining of, an apprenticeship program that is not within the jurisdiction of the council established pursuant to Section 3070. To be eligible for support funds, an apprenticeship program or eligible entity must submit to the division an application to request funds.

(b) For each apprentice that is actively registered with the division for each 12-month period, an apprenticeship program or eligible entity is eligible to receive support funds in an amount determined by the division. In determining the amount, the division shall aim to provide support funds to as many eligible programs as possible and shall consider the amount of available support funds, the number of approved programs not within the jurisdiction of the council established pursuant to Section 3070, and the number of apprentices registered in those programs.

(c) The eligible amount in subdivision (b) shall be prorated on a monthly basis for apprentices who are actively registered for less than the 12-month period.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 569, Sec. 45. (AB 156) Effective September 27, 2022.)

article: 5. Apprenticeship Innovation Funding Program


text:
Eligible activities for support funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Employer outreach, support, onboarding, and management.

(b) Recruiting, matching, and placing individuals into apprenticeships.

(c) Support services for an apprentice, such as interview coaching, conflict resolution, and life crisis management.

(d) Retention initiatives to reduce the turnover rate of apprentices.

(e) Tracking and reporting the apprentices to the division.

(f) Troubleshooting and adjudicating stakeholders in a joint apprenticeship committee, a unilateral management apprenticeship committee, or a unilateral labor apprenticeship committee.

(g) Project management and stakeholder management.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 569, Sec. 46. (AB 156) Effective September 27, 2022.)


citation: LAB § 3112

text:
(a) The division may provide apprenticeship innovation funding training funds either directly to public educational institutions for the training of apprentices, provided that an apprenticeship program is providing the training pursuant to a contract with the public educational institution, or to apprenticeship programs. The funds shall be provided for each apprentice training hour at the rate described in subdivision (c).

(b) If apprentice training costs are already being reimbursed pursuant to Section 8152, 79149.1, or 79149.3 of the Education Code, then those training costs shall be ineligible for reimbursement under this section.

(c) The reimbursement rate for training reimbursed pursuant to this section shall be equivalent to the reimbursement rate established under Sections 8152 and 79149.3 of the Education Code.

(d) Reimbursements may be made under this section for training provided to registered apprentices only if all of the following are true:

(1) The training is provided by an approved program that is not within the jurisdiction of the council established pursuant to Section 3070.

(2) The program is providing the training pursuant to a contract with a public educational institution.

(3) An application for funding is submitted to the division.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 569, Sec. 47. (AB 156) Effective September 27, 2022.)


text:
Eligible activities for apprenticeship innovation funding training funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(a) Development of courses.

(b) Classroom instruction.

(c) Equipment specifically for classroom training.

(d) Instructor salaries.

(e) Curriculum design.

(f) Administration of transitioning courses to for-credit college course.


citation: LAB § 3120

text:
Youth apprenticeship shall be a key priority for the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Youth apprenticeship will complement the state’s existing registered apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs. The goals and objectives of the division in expanding youth apprenticeships shall include all of the following:

(a) Create a framework for youth apprenticeship, increase the number of apprenticeship pathways for youth, and foster coordination and alignment across career-connected learning programs.

(b) Increase the number of community colleges and local education agencies offering youth apprenticeship programs, and increase the number of youth who complete certificate and degree programs.

(c) Increase the number of preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs targeting youth.

(d) Increase the number of youth who complete a youth apprenticeship and matriculate to employment or continued higher education.

(e) Coordinate with, complement, and enhance, existing preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 67, Sec. 18. (SB 191) Effective June 30, 2022.)

article: 6. Youth Apprenticeship

path: 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS > 4. Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship > 6. Youth Apprenticeship


citation: LAB § 3121

text:
(a) The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall convene a committee to develop recommendations to the division on the expansion of youth apprenticeships in California.

(b) The committee shall include representatives from youth, youth serving organizations, labor, employers of youth, K–12 schools, community colleges, and the public workforce system.

(c) In developing these recommendations, the committee shall specifically address the following topics:

(1) Clear definitions of youth apprenticeship and high school apprenticeships.

(2) Guiding principles in the Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program administered by the division pursuant to Section 3122.

(3) Insights on the structure of the state’s work to expand youth apprenticeship.

(d) The committee shall provide a report to the division with a set of recommendations no later than July 1, 2024.

(e) The Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall provide the report to the corresponding fiscal and policy committees of each house of the Legislature.

article: 6. Youth Apprenticeship


citation: LAB § 3122

text:
(a) The Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program is hereby established, to be administered by the division, for the purposes of awarding grant funds to eligible applicants to provide funding for existing apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs or to develop new apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs to serve the target population and satisfy the goals and objectives of the grant program as specified in this article. The grant program does not apply to building and construction trades programs that are within the jurisdiction of the council established pursuant to Section 3070.

(b) Under the grant program, services shall be delivered principally through collaborative, mission-driven, community-based organizations with experience in providing services to, and with relevant relationships with, targeted populations, consistent with the objectives of the grant program.

(c) The division shall consult with and seek feedback from state agencies during the planning process to ensure grant funds awarded under the program leverage and complement existing grant programs.

(d) The division shall solicit proposals and select grant recipients from eligible applicants, including local educational agencies, county offices of education, regional consortia of community college districts, local intermediaries, regional and local workforce development boards, apprenticeship program sponsors, and organizations who contract with employers, local educational agencies, community-based organizations, labor, and other workforce development stakeholders.

(e) The division shall require that grant recipients demonstrate a commitment to high road principles, as described in subdivision (r) of Section 14005 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, and shall evaluate the performance of recipients based on those principles.

(f) The division shall complete the planning process to implement the program by October 31, 2023, and shall begin soliciting grant proposals no later than March 31, 2024.

(g) As used in this section, “target population” includes individuals from 16 to 24 years of age who are at risk of disconnection or are disconnected from the education system or employment, unhoused, in the child welfare, juvenile justice, or criminal legal systems, living in concentrated poverty, or are facing barriers to labor market participation. “Target population” includes youth who face chronic opportunity educational achievement gaps, attend schools in communities of concentrated poverty, or attend high schools with a negative school climate indicated by factors, including, but not limited to:

(1) School attendance rates.

(2) Chronic absenteeism and truancy rates.

(3) Dropout rates and low graduation rates.

(4) Proficiency scores in English language arts and mathematics.

(5) Pupil suspension and expulsion rates.

(h) The provisions of this section shall be implemented only upon appropriation of sufficient funds by the Legislature for that purpose.

article: 6. Youth Apprenticeship


text:
Grant funds may be used for eligible purposes that include, but are not limited to:

(a) Instruction and training of apprentices and preapprentices.

(b) Costs related to registration, design, and setting up the apprenticeship or preapprenticeship program or curriculum.

(c) Project and case management.

(d) Related instruction costs.

(e) Education or training equipment, uniforms, tools, graduation fees, and union fees.

(f) Mental health services, trauma-informed care, and wraparound support services, including child or dependent care.

article: 6. Youth Apprenticeship


text:
The grant proposal shall include, but is not limited to, the following information:

(a) Knowledge, experience, and capacity to provide services to the target population.

(b) Industries and career pathways targeted.

(c) Target population that will be served. “Target population” includes individuals from 16 to 24 years of age who are facing educational achievement gaps, attending schools in communities of concentrated poverty, or attending high schools with a negative school climate, as specified in subdivision (g) of Section 3122, as well as youth who are at risk of disconnection or are disconnected from the education system or employment, unhoused, in the child welfare, juvenile justice, or criminal legal systems, living in concentrated poverty, or are facing barriers to labor market participation.

(d) How project goals and objectives will be achieved.

(e) Other requirements as specified by the division.

(f) If the proposal requests funds for a firefighter apprenticeship program, the proposal shall meet the conditions specified in subdivision (b) of Section 3075.

(g) If the proposal requests funds for a firefighter preapprenticeship program, the proposal shall be approved by the California Apprenticeship Council.

article: 6. Youth Apprenticeship


text:
The Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program shall have an explicit focus on equity and aims to ensure that race, income, geography, gender, citizenship status, ability, and other demographics and student characteristics no longer predict the outcomes of California’s youth. To measure success towards that goal, the grant program shall do both of the following:

(a) Require grant recipients to collect, analyze, and report program data on race, gender, income, rurality, ability, foster youth, homeless youth, English language learner, and other key characteristics.

(b) Cross-tabulate demographic data with labor force participation data and enrollment data among the various demographic groups named above to assess parity in relation to the public K–12 high school, community college, and four-year university graduating cohort demographic distribution, comparing program completion rates with the attainment of educational degrees across groups.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 569, Sec. 48. (AB 156) Effective September 27, 2022.)

article: 6. Youth Apprenticeship


text:
(a) The division shall monitor and audit grant recipients to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and requirements for use of the grant funds. Grant recipients shall provide necessary data to the division for purposes of evaluating achievement of the goals and objectives of the grant program.

(b) Any grant recipient receiving funding pursuant to this article is subject to evaluation by the division under Section 3073.1. If the grant recipient is found to have violated the provisions of this chapter, those violations are deemed imputed to the associated apprenticeship program, and the division may take any appropriate action against that apprenticeship program.

(c) If a program, the grant recipient, or other entity is found to be using Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program funds for purposes other than those for which the funds were granted or is found to have obtained the funds improperly, then the program, grant recipient, or other entity shall not be eligible to receive any grant program funds, and the division or entity authorized to provide funding shall cease providing funds.

article: 6. Youth Apprenticeship


citation: LAB § 3200

text: The Legislature hereby declares its intent that the term “workmen’s compensation” shall hereafter also be known as “workers’ compensation, ” and that the “Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board” shall hereafter be known as the “Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.” In furtherance of this policy it is the desire of the Legislature that references to the terms “workmen’s compensation” and “Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board” in this code or elsewhere be changed to “workers’ compensation” and “Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board” when such laws are being amended for any purpose. This act is declaratory and not amendatory of existing law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 21, Sec. 5. Effective April 18, 1981.)

division: 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE

chapter: 1. General Provisions

path: 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INSURANCE > 1. General Provisions


citation: LAB § 3201

text: This division and Division 5 (commencing with Section 6300) are an expression of the police power and are intended to make effective and apply to a complete system of workers’ compensation the provisions of Section 4 of Article XIV of the California Constitution.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 248, Sec. 157.)