Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 46a - Human Rights › 68 - Affirmative Action Plans by State Government Agencies Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship and Training › Section 46a-68-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Commissioner" means the principal
			 administrator directing and controlling all of the labor department activities
			 including the job service program within the employment security division and
			 the apprentice program within the office of job training and skill
			 development.
(b) "Department" means
			 the state of Connecticut labor department. Those units that will be primarily
			 responsible will be the labor department's office of job training and skill
			 development, which administers the apprenticeship program, the Connecticut
			 state apprenticeship council and the apprentice information centers.
(c) "Council" means the nine member
			 Connecticut state apprenticeship council appointed by the governor with equal
			 representation from labor, management and the public, including the deputy
			 commissioner, who advise and recommend to the commissioner and the department
			 standards of apprenticeship and policies of administration.
(d) "Apprenticeship program" shall mean a
			 plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment,
			 selection, employment and training of apprentices as defined by the
			 commissioner's regulation for apprenticeship programs.
(e) "Sponsor" shall mean any duly established
			 firm, association, committee, organization or corporation permanently located
			 within the state of Connecticut with recognized capability to operate an
			 apprenticeship program and in whose name the program is registered and
			 approved.
(f) "Employer" shall mean
			 any establishment which is party to an apprenticeship program employing an
			 apprentice whether or not such establishment is a party to an apprenticeship
			 agreement with the apprentice.
(g)
			 "CHRO" shall mean the Connecticut commission on human rights and opportunities
			 and its designated representatives administering fair employment practices
			 under chapter 814 (c) of the Connecticut General Statutes, human rights and
			 opportunities.
(h) "Race/ethnic and
			 gender designations"
(1) White (not of
			 Hispanic origin) a person having origins in any of the original peoples of
			 Europe, North Africa or the Middle East.
(2) Minority
(a) Black (not of Hispanic origin): a person
			 having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
(b) Hispanic: a person of Mexican, Puerto
			 Rican, Cuban, Central or South America or other Spanish culture or origin,
			 regardless of race.
(c) Asian or
			 Pacific Islander: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the
			 Far East, Southeast Asia, Indian Subcontinent or the Pacific Islands. The area
			 includes, for example, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands and
			 Samoa.
(d) American Indian or
			 Alaskan Native: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North
			 America, and who maintains cultural identification through tribunal affiliation
			 or community recognition.
(3) Female - as referred to in this
			 regulation means either minority or nonminority women.