Code of Maine Rules › 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › 181 - MAINE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPRENTICESHIP › Chapter 2 - RULES PERTAINING TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT IN REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF MAINE › Section 181-2-7 - Utilization goals for individuals with disabilities

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
a.
Utilization
				goal
.
The U.S.D.O.L. Administrator of the
				Office of Apprenticeship (OA) has established a utilization goal of 7 percent
				for employment of qualified individuals with disabilities as apprentices for
				each major occupation group within which the sponsor has an apprenticeship
				program.
b.
Purpose
.
The purpose of the
				utilization goal established in paragraph (a) of this section is to establish a
				benchmark against which the sponsor must measure the representation of
				individuals with disabilities in the sponsor's apprentice workforce by major
				occupation group. The goal serves as an equal opportunity objective that should
				be attainable by complying with all the affirmative action requirements of this
				Chapter.
c.
Periodic
				review of goal
.
The OA will periodically
				review and update, as appropriate, the utilization goal established in
				paragraph (a) of this section.
d.
Utilization analysis
1.
Purpose.
The utilization
				analysis is designed to evaluate the representation of individuals with
				disabilities in the sponsor's apprentice workforce grouped by major occupation
				group. If individuals with disabilities are represented in the sponsor's
				apprentice workforce in any given major occupation group at a rate less than
				the utilization goal, the sponsor must take specific measures outlined in
				paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section.
2.
Apprentice workforce
				analysis
i.
Process.
Sponsors are required to analyze the representation of individuals with
				disabilities within their apprentice workforce by occupation. This is a
				two-step process. First, as required in section 2.5, each sponsor must group
				all apprentices in its registered apprenticeship program according to the
				occupational titles represented in its registered apprenticeship program. Next,
				for each occupation represented, the sponsor must identify the number of
				apprentices with disabilities.
ii.
Schedule of evaluation.
The sponsor must conduct its
				apprentice workforce analysis at each compliance review, and again if and when
				three years have passed without a compliance review. This updated workforce
				analysis, grouped according to major occupation group, should then be compared
				to the utilization goal established under paragraph (a) of this
				section.
iii.
Compliance
				date.
A. Sponsors registered with the
				Maine Apprenticeship Program as of the date this Chapter is effective must
				conduct their first workforce analysis, pursuant to this section, within 180
				days of the effective date of this plan or within two years of registration,
				whichever is later.
B. New sponsors
				registering with the Maine Apprenticeship Program must conduct their initial
				workforce analysis pursuant to this section no later than two years after the
				date of registration.