Section 7-1107. STANDARDS FOR REGISTERING INDIVIDUAL APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENTS

 

1107.1The Director shall register individual apprenticeship agreements which meet the requirements of this section.

 

1107.2Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall contain the names, addresses, and signatures of the contracting parties, the apprentice, the program sponsor or the employer, and the signature of a parent or guardian if the apprentice is a minor.

 

1107.3Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall state the date of birth of the apprentice.

 

1107.4Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall provide that the sponsor shall notify the Director in writing within ten (10) days of any modification, cancellation, suspension, or termination of the agreement, with cause for same, and of completion of the apprenticeship.

 

1107.5Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall state the craft or occupation in which the apprentice is to be trained, and the beginning date and term (duration) of the apprenticeship; a schedule of work processes in the trade or occupation in which the apprentice is to be trained and the approximate time to be spent at each process; the total number of hours to be spent by the apprentice in work on the job; and the total number of hours to be spent in related and supplemental instruction.

 

1107.6Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall state the specific period of probation during which the apprenticeship agreement may be terminated by the Director on the request of either party to the agreement.

 

1107.7Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall provide that after the probationary period, the agreement may be cancelled by the Director at the request of the apprentice or may be cancelled, or terminated only for good cause, with due notice of not less than ten (10) days to the apprentice and a reasonable opportunity for corrective action, and with written notice to the apprentice and to the Apprenticeship Council of the final action taken and of the right of the apprentice to appeal the decision to the Apprenticeship Council.

 

1107.8Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall incorporate by reference the standards for the participating apprenticeship program approved by the Apprenticeship Council as they exist on the date of the agreement and as they may be amended during the period of the agreement.

 

1107.9Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall provide that the apprentice shall be accorded equal opportunity in all phases of apprenticeship employment and training without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, and notice of a right to appeal under provisions of the District of Columbia State Plan for Equal Opportunity in Apprenticeship Training, adopted pursuant to 29 CFR Part 30 (1988).

 

1107.10Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall state that if a sponsor is unable to fulfill his obligation, the agreement may, with consent of the apprentice and the joint committee if one exists, or of the Director if there is no joint committee, be transferred to another sponsor under a registered program and with full credit to the apprentice for satisfactory time and training earned.

 

1107.11Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall provide that all controversies or differences concerning the apprenticeship agreement which cannot be adjusted by conference between the apprentice and the sponsor or under the terms of the apprenticeship standards shall be submitted to the Director, and shall provide the Director's address.

 

1107.12Each Apprenticeship Agreement shall contain a statement of the graduated scale of wages to be paid the apprentice and whether or not the required school time shall be compensated.

 

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 6005-6006(September 14, 1990).