§ 28-45-1. Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are: (1) To encourage employers, associations of employers, and organizations of employees to voluntarily establish apprenticeship programs and the making of apprenticeship agreements; (2) To create opportunities for young people to obtain employment and adequate training in trades and industry with parallel instructions in related and supplementary […]
§ 28-45-10. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Apprenticeable occupation” which possesses all of the following characteristics: (i) It is customarily learned in a practical way through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised learning. (ii) It is clearly identified and commonly recognized throughout an industry. (iii) It involves the progressive attainment of […]
§ 28-45-11. Applicability of chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to a firm, person, corporation, or organization of employees or an association of employers only after that person, firm, corporation, or organization of employees or association of employers has voluntarily elected to conform to its provisions. History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § […]
§ 28-45-12, 28-45-12.1. [Repealed.]
§ 28-45-13. Standards of apprenticeship agreements. All apprenticeship agreements submitted for approval and registration with the department of labor and training shall contain explicitly or by reference standards adopted by the council, including: (1) Names and signatures of the contracting parties (apprentice and the program sponsor or employer), and the signature of a parent or […]
§ 28-45-13.1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 72, § 2; P.L. 1993, ch. 292, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 387, § 2; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 10; P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 13, § 4, […]
§ 28-45-14. State EEO plan. The apprenticeship program shall operate in conformance with state law, including the equal employment opportunity standards and regulations. History of Section.P.L. 1979, ch. 75, § 2; P.L. 2022, ch. 234, art. 1, § 23, effective December 31, 2022.
§ 28-45-15. Deregistration of program. (a) Deregistration of a program may be effected upon the voluntary action of the sponsor by a request for cancellation of the registration, or upon reasonable cause, by the department of labor and training instituting formal deregistration proceedings in accordance with provisions of 29 C.F.R. § 29.8. (b) The department […]
§ 28-45-16. Reciprocity. (a) When a sponsor of an apprenticeship program registered and operating in a neighboring state requests registration from the department of labor and training to train apprentices for work projects in this state, the sponsor shall be granted registration providing the sponsor conforms with the regulations and standards of the state of […]
§ 28-45-17. Union participation. Under a program proposed for registration by an employer or employers’ association, and where the standards, collective bargaining agreement, or other instrument provides for participation by a union in any manner in the operation of the substantive matters of the apprenticeship program, and that participation is exercised, written acknowledgement of union […]
§ 28-45-18. Vocational school training. (a) The council on elementary and secondary education may authorize vocational schools to provide apprenticeship classroom training to students subject to the approval of the Rhode Island department of labor and training. (b) In the event the council authorizes state-certified apprenticeship training under subsection (a), and a student successfully completes […]
§ 28-45-2. Apprenticeship council. (a) The director of labor and training, with the advice and consent of the governor, shall appoint a state apprenticeship council composed of four (4) representatives each, from employer and employee organizations respectively, and one public member. One of the employer representatives shall represent a business employing less than fifty (50) […]
§ 28-45-3. Powers and duties. (a) The department of labor and training is the agency with responsibility and accountability for apprenticeship within Rhode Island for federal purposes. The council shall be a regulatory council and part of the department of labor and training. The council shall promulgate regulations consistent with 29 C.F.R. Parts 29 and […]
§ 28-45-4. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 2, effective June 30, 2011.
§ 28-45-5. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 2, effective June 30, 2011.
§ 28-45-6. Annual report. The council shall annually make a report of its activities and progress to the governor; that report shall be contained in the annual report of the department of labor and training. History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1.
§ 28-45-7. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 2, effective June 30, 2011.
§ 28-45-8. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 133, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 164, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 179, § 2, effective June 30, 2011.
§ 28-45-9. Standards of apprenticeship programs. An apprenticeship program, to be eligible for approval and registration with the department of labor and training, shall conform to regulations issued by the department of labor and training and 29 C.F.R. Part 29 and 29 C.F.R. Part 30 and shall conform to the following standards: (1) The program […]
§ 28-45-9.1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 72, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 97; P.L. 1998, ch. 387, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 94, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 10; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 13, § 4, effective July 1, 2017.
