Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Workforce Development › DWD 295-296 - Apprenticeship › Chapter DWD 296 - Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Standards For Apprenticeship Programs › Section DWD 296.11 - Invitation to self-identify as an individual with a disability

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PRE-OFFER
				INVITATION. A sponsor adopting an affirmative action program under s.
				DWD
				296.04 shall invite applicants for apprenticeship to
				inform the sponsor whether the applicant believes he or she is an individual
				with a disability, as defined in s.
				DWD
				296.02(12). This invitation shall be
				provided to each applicant when the applicant applies or is considered for
				apprenticeship. The invitation may be included with the application materials
				for apprenticeship but shall be separate from the application.
(2) POST-OFFER INVITATION. Any time after
				acceptance into the registered apprenticeship program, but before the applicant
				begins his or her apprenticeship, a sponsor shall invite the applicant to
				inform the sponsor whether the applicant believes they are an individual with a
				disability, as defined under s.
				DWD
				296.02(12).
(3) APPRENTICES. Within the time frame
				identified under sub. (7) a sponsor shall provide a one-time invitation to each
				current apprentice to inform that sponsor if the apprentice is an individual
				with a disability, as defined under s.
				DWD
				296.02(12). A sponsor shall make this
				invitation using the language and manner prescribed by the U.S. department of
				labor employment and training administration. A sponsor shall remind
				apprentices on a yearly basis that the apprentice may voluntarily update their
				disability status.
Note:
You can access the U.S. Department of
				  Labor Employment Training Administration resources at
				  https://www.doleta.gov/oa/eeo/tools/disability-self-identification.cfm or call
				  (866) 487-2365.
(4)
				VOLUNTARY SELF-IDENTIFICATION FOR APPRENTICES. A sponsor shall not compel or
				coerce an individual to self-identify as an individual with a
				disability.
(5) CONFIDENTIALITY. A
				sponsor shall keep all information on self-identification confidential and
				shall maintain the information in a data analysis file and not the medical
				files of individual apprentices as prescribed under s.
				DWD
				296.12(5). A sponsor shall provide
				self-identification information to the department as requested and may not use
				the information except in accordance with this chapter.
(6) OBLIGATION OF SPONSOR. A sponsor under
				this section is not relieved of its obligation to take affirmative action with
				respect to applicants and apprentices who identified as an individual with a
				disability. In addition, a sponsor is not relieved of its liability for
				discrimination in violation of this section.
(7) COMPLIANCE DATES.
(a) A sponsor with a registered
				apprenticeship program shall begin inviting applicants and apprentices to
				identify as individuals with a disability under this section no later than 2
				years after January 18, 2018. A sponsor shall invite each of its current
				apprentices to voluntarily inform the sponsor whether the apprentice believes
				that he or she is an individual with a disability, as defined under s.
				DWD
				296.02(12), no later than 2 years
				after January 18, 2018.
(b) A
				sponsor registering with the department after January 18, 2018, shall begin
				inviting applicants and apprentices to identify as individuals with
				disabilities, as prescribed in this section, no later than 2 years after the
				date of registration. A sponsor under this section shall also invite each of
				its current apprentices to voluntarily inform the sponsor whether the
				apprentice believes that he or she is an individual with a disability, as
				defined under s.
				DWD
				296.02(12), no later than 2 years
				after the date of registration.