2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .010   Definitions.

343.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise: (1)  "Apprentice" means a person at least sixteen (16) years of age who has entered into an apprenticeship agreement with an employer or an association of employers or an organization of employees; (2)  "Apprenticeship agreement" means a voluntary written agreement entered into by the apprentice or through his parent or guardian with an employer, or an apprenticeship and training committee acting as agent for an employer, which agreement contains the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice to enable the apprentice to learn the trade, craft or business of the employer; (3)  "Executive director" means executive director of the Office of Workplace Standards, under the direction and supervision of the commissioner of the Department of Labor, or any person authorized to act in his behalf, having jurisdiction over laws or regulations governing wages and hours of employees working in this state; (4)  "Council" means apprenticeship and training council; (5)  "Supervisor" means supervisor of apprenticeship and training; (6)  "Trainee" means a person at least sixteen (16) years of age who has entered into an on-the-job training agreement with an employer or an association of employers or an organization of employees in a construction occupation under a program which has been approved by a federal agency as promoting equal employment opportunity in conjunction with federal-aid construction projects. (7)  "Apprenticeship program" means a plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices, including such matters as the requirement for a written apprenticeship agreement; (8)  "On-the-job training program" means a plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of a trainee, including such matters as the requirement for a written on-the-job training agreement other than an apprenticeship program; provided, however, that said program has been approved by a federal agency as promoting equal employment opportunity in conjunction with federal-aid construction projects; (9)  "Sponsor" means any person, association, committee, or organization in whose name or title the program is or is to be registered, irrespective of whether such entity is an employer; (10) "Employer" means any person or organization employing an apprentice or trainee whether or not such person or organization is a party to an apprenticeship or on-the- job training agreement with the apprentice or trainee; (11) "Related instruction" means an organized and systematic form of instruction designed to provide the apprentice or trainee with knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects related to his trade. Effective: July 13, 1984 History:Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 40, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599c-34. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/20/2005). 2005 Ky. Acts chs. 11, 85, 95, 97, 98, 99, 123, and 181 instruct the Reviser of Statutes to correct statutory references to agencies and officers whose names have been changed in 2005 legislation confirming the reorganization of the executive branch. Such a correction has been made in this section.