2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 31 - Labor
Chapter 557 - Employment Regulation
Section 31-22m - (Formerly Sec. 31-51a). Apprenticeship. Definitions.

CT Gen Stat § 31-22m (2015) What's This?

When used in sections 31-22m to 31-22q, inclusive, and 31-22u, “apprentice” means a person employed under a written agreement to work at and learn a specific trade; “apprentice agreement” means a written agreement entered into by an apprentice, or on his behalf by his parent or guardian, with an employer, or with an association of employers and an organization of employees acting as a joint apprenticeship committee, which agreement provides for not less than two thousand hours of work experience in approved trade training consistent with recognized requirements established by industry or joint labor-industry practice and for the number of hours of related and supplemental instructions prescribed by the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council or which agreement meets requirements of the federal government for on-the-job training schedules which are essential, in the opinion of the Labor Commissioner, for the development of manpower in Connecticut industries; “council” means the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council.

(1959, P.A. 390, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 180; P.A. 78-325; P.A. 14-131, S. 7.)

History: 1963 act redefined “apprentice agreement” to include agreements meeting federal requirements for on-the-job training schedules; P.A. 78-325 redefined “apprenticeship agreement” to change minimum hours of work experience from 4,000 to 2,000 and to add “consistent with recognized requirements established by industry or joint labor-industry practice”; Sec. 31-51a transferred to Sec. 31-22m in 2005; P.A. 14-131 added reference to Sec. 31-22u.

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