Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 60 - MINIMUM WAGES › Part I - Definitions and General Provisions › Section 31-60-8 - Apprentices

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) For the purpose of this regulation, an
				"apprentice" means a person at least sixteen years of age who is employed to
				learn a skilled trade in a bona fide apprentice program under an indenture of
				apprenticeship approved by the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council of the
				labor department. "Apprentice program" means an established program for
				training skilled workers which shall provide (1) training in a skilled trade,
				ordinarily recognized as apprenticeable for not less than four thousand hours;
				(2) on the job training according to an established schedule of work processes;
				(3) related technical training according to requirements for the particular
				trade; (4) a wage schedule progressing periodically as training advances.
				"Indenture" means a written agreement entered into by employer and employee by
				which each is to abide by the terms of the apprenticeship program during the
				period of apprenticeship.
(b) An
				apprentice may not be employed at a beginning rate less than the minimum fair
				wage rate unless permission in each case has been received from the labor
				commissioner. To obtain such permission the employer shall file an application
				with the labor department and such application shall include a copy of the
				standards of the proposed apprentice program as herein defined and a copy of
				the apprentice indenture. A certification of approval may be issued authorizing
				the employment of a named apprentice at a modification of the minimum fair wage
				as defined in section
				31-58 of
				the general statutes for the length of time specified in the apprenticeship
				agreement when an examination of the program and agreement and an investigation
				of the training facilities reveals that such program and apprenticeship
				agreement meets all requirements as set by the Connecticut State Apprenticeship
				Council of the labor department. One copy of this certification shall be
				retained by the employer, one copy shall be retained by the labor department
				and one copy shall be provided to the apprentice. Such certification may be
				cancelled by the labor commissioner for violation of any of the terms of the
				certification, but, before any certification is cancelled, both the employer
				and the apprentice shall be notified in writing of the facts warranting such
				cancellation and afforded an opportunity to demonstrate or achieve
				compliance.
(c) In addition to the
				records required by section
				31-66
				of the general statutes and section
				31-60-13, the
				employer shall maintain and retain for the period of apprenticeship the
				following records: (1) Each worker employed as an apprentice shall be
				designated as such on the payroll records or personnel records maintained by
				the employer and all apprentices shall be listed as a separate group on the
				payroll records or personnel records maintained by the employer. (2) The
				employer shall keep a cumulative record of the number of hours worked by each
				employee at an apprentice's rate and the total accumulation of such hours shall
				be carried forward and posted to the payroll record at the end of each pay
				period.