Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS › Chapter 31 - A STATE PLAN FOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS › Section 12-31-4 - Affirmative action plans

Current through June,
			 2024
(a) A sponsor's
			 commitment to equal opportunity in the recruitment, selection, employment, and
			 training of apprentices shall include the adoption of a written affirmative
			 action plan.
(b) Affirmative action
			 is not mere passive nondiscrimination. It includes procedures, methods, and
			 programs for the identification, positive recruitment, training, and motivation
			 of present and potential minority and female apprentices, including the
			 establishment of goals and timetables. It is action which will equalize
			 opportunity in apprenticeship so as to allow full utilization of the work
			 potential of minorities and women. The overall result to be sought is equal
			 opportunity in apprenticeship for· all individuals participating in or seeking
			 entrance to the nation's labor force.
(c) An acceptable affirmative action plan
			 shall also include adequate provision for outreach and positive recruitment
			 that would reasonably be expected to increase the participation of minorities
			 and women in apprenticeship by expanding their opportunities of becoming
			 eligible for apprenticeship selection. In order to achieve these objectives,
			 sponsors shall undertake activities such as those listed below. It is not
			 contemplated that each sponsor necessarily will include all the listed
			 activities in its affirmative action program. The scope of the affirmative
			 action program will depend on all the circumstances including the size and type
			 of the program and its resources. However, the sponsor shall be required to
			 undertake a significant number of appropriate activities in order to enable it
			 to( meet its obligations under this chapter. The affirmative action plan shall
			 set forth the specific steps the sponsor intends to take in the areas listed
			 below:
(1) Dissemination of information
			 concerning the nature of the apprenticeship, requirements for admission to
			 apprenticeship, availability of apprenticeship opportunities, sources of
			 apprenticeship applications, and the equal opportunity policy of the sponsor.
			 For programs customarily receiving applications throughout the year, such
			 information shall be regularly disseminated but not less than semiannually.
			 Such information shall be given to the department, local schools, employment
			 service offices, women's centers, outreach programs, and community
			 organizations which can effectively reach minorities and women, and shall be
			 published in newspapers which are circulated in the minority community and in
			 the general areas in which the program sponsor operates;
(2) Participation in workshops that
			 familiarize school, employment service, and other appropriate personnel with
			 the apprenticeship system and current opportunities therein;
(3) Cooperation with the state department of
			 education and vocational education systems to develop programs for preparing
			 students to meet the standards and criteria required to qualify for entry into
			 apprenticeship programs;
(4)
			 Internal communication of the sponsor's equal opportunity policy in such a
			 manner as to foster understanding, acceptance, and support among the sponsor's
			 various officers, supervisors, employees, and members and to encourage such
			 persons to take the necessary action to aid the sponsor in meeting its
			 obligations under this chapter;
(5)
			 Engaging in programs such as out reach for the positive recruitment and
			 preparation of potential applicants for apprenticeship; where appropriate and
			 feasible, such programs shall provide for pretesting experience and training.
			 If no such programs are in existence, the sponsor shall seek to initiate these·
			 programs, or, when available, to obtain financial assistance from the USDOL. In
			 initiating and conducting these programs, the sponsor may be required to work
			 with other sponsors and appropriate community organizations. The sponsor shall
			 also initiate programs to encourage and prepare women to enter traditionally
			 male programs;
(6) Encouraging the
			 establishment and utilization of programs of pre apprenticeship; preparatory
			 trade training, or others designed to afford related work experience or to
			 prepare candidates for apprenticeship. A sponsor shall make appropriate
			 provision in its affirmative action plan to assure that those who complete such
			 programs are afforded full and equal opportunity for admission into the
			 apprenticeship program;
(7)
			 Utilization of journey workers to assist-in the implementation of the sponsor's
			 affirmative action program;
(8)
			 Granting advance standing or credit on the basis of previously acquired
			 experience, training, skills, or aptitude for all applicants equally;
			 and
(9) Other appropriate. action
			 to ensure that the recruitment, selection, employment, and training of
			 apprentices during apprenticeship shall be without discrimination on the basis
			 of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, physical handicap, marital
			 status or arrest and court record.