Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2008/cite/178.03
Timestamp: 2020-08-04 08:37:58
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﻿ Sec. 178.03 MN Statutes
Section 178.03
178.02 178.04
2015 Subd. 3 Amended 2015 c 54 art 4 s 1
2014 178.03 Amended 2014 c 305 s 4
2014 Subd. 2 Repealed 2014 c 305 s 32
2012 Subd. 3 Amended 2012 c 295 art 1 s 2
2012 Subd. 4 Amended 2012 c 295 art 1 s 3
2010 Subd. 3 Amended 2010 c 280 s 3
2010 Subd. 4 Amended 2010 c 280 s 4
2007 Subd. 3 Amended 2007 c 140 art 11 s 3
2007 Subd. 3 Amended 2007 c 135 art 7 s 3
2003 Subd. 1 Amended 2003 c 128 art 11 s 5
2003 Subd. 2 Amended 2003 c 128 art 11 s 6
178.03 DIVISION OF VOLUNTARY APPRENTICESHIP.
Subdivision 1.Establishment of division.
Subd. 2.Director of labor standards and apprenticeship.
Subd. 3.Duties and functions.
The director, under the supervision of the commissioner, and with the advice and consultation of the Apprenticeship Board, is authorized: to administer the provisions of this chapter; to promote apprenticeship and other forms of on the job training; to establish, in cooperation and consultation with the Apprenticeship Board and with the apprenticeship committees, conditions and training standards for the approval of apprenticeship programs and agreements, which conditions and standards shall in no case be lower than those prescribed by this chapter; to promote equal employment opportunity in apprenticeship and other on the job training and to establish a Minnesota plan for equal employment opportunity in apprenticeship which shall be consistent with standards established under Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, part 30, as amended; to issue certificates of registration to sponsors of approved apprenticeship programs; to act as secretary of the Apprenticeship Board; to approve, if of the opinion that approval is for the best interest of the apprentice, any apprenticeship agreement which meets the standards established hereunder; to terminate any apprenticeship agreement in accordance with the provisions of such agreement; to keep a record of apprenticeship agreements and their disposition; to issue certificates of completion of apprenticeship; and to perform such other duties as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter; provided, that the administration and supervision of supplementary instruction in related subjects for apprentices; coordination of instruction on a concurrent basis with job experiences, and the selection and training of teachers and coordinators for such instruction shall be the function of state and local boards responsible for vocational education. The director shall have the authority to make wage determinations applicable to the graduated schedule of wages and journeyman wage rate for apprenticeship agreements, giving consideration to the existing wage rates prevailing throughout the state, except that no wage determination by the director shall alter an existing wage provision for apprentices or journeymen that is contained in a bargaining agreement in effect between an employer and an organization of employees, nor shall the director make any determination for the beginning rate for an apprentice that is below the wage minimum established by federal or state law.
Subd. 4.Reciprocity approval.
The director, if requested by a sponsoring entity, shall grant reciprocity approval to apprenticeship programs of employers and unions who jointly form a sponsoring entity on a multistate basis in other than the building construction industry if such programs are in conformity with this chapter and have been registered in compliance with Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, part 29, by a state apprenticeship council recognized by or registered with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, United States Department of Labor, when such approval is necessary for federal purposes under Code of Federal Regulations, title 29, section 29.12(a).
(4260-33) 1939 c 363 s 3; Ex1967 c 1 s 6; 1974 c 144 s 3; 1979 c 130 s 2,3; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 10; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 128 art 11 s 5,6; 2007 c 135 art 7 s 3; 2007 c 140 art 11 s 3