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343.010 Definitions for chapter.
As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Apprentice" means a worker at least sixteen (16) years of age, except where a
higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn
an apprenticeable occupation as provided in 29 C.F.R. pt. 29;
(2) "Apprenticeship agreement" means a written agreement, complying with 29 C.F.R.
pt. 29 between an apprentice and either the apprentice's program sponsor, or an
apprenticeship committee acting as agent for the program sponsors, which contains
the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice;
(3) "Commissioner" means commissioner of the Department of Workplace Standards,
under the direction and supervision of the secretary of the Labor Cabinet, or any
person authorized to act in his or her behalf, having jurisdiction over laws or
regulations governing wages and hours of employees working in this state;
(4) "Council" means the Commonwealth's Apprenticeship and Training Council, which
provides advice and guidance to the Kentucky Labor Cabinet regarding the
Commonwealth's apprenticeship program;
(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 as
required under 29 C.F.R. pts. 29 and 30, 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-thejob training agreement with the apprentice or trainee; and
(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 the apprentice's occupation.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1863, effective July 15, 2010. -- 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.
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