2005 Minnesota Statutes - 178.01 — Purposes.

     178.01 Purposes. 


    The purposes of this chapter are:  to open to young people 
 regardless of race, sex, creed, color or national origin, the 
 opportunity to obtain training that will equip them for 
 profitable employment and citizenship; to establish as a means 
 to this end, a program of voluntary apprenticeship under 
 approved apprentice agreements providing facilities for their 
 training and guidance in the arts, skills, and crafts of 
 industry and trade, with concurrent, supplementary instruction 
 in related subjects; to promote employment opportunities under 
 conditions providing adequate training and reasonable earnings; 
 to relate the supply of skilled workers to employment demands; 
 to establish standards for apprentice training; to establish an 
 Apprenticeship Advisory Council and apprenticeship committees to 
 assist in effectuating the purposes of this chapter; to provide 
 for a Division of Labor Standards and Apprenticeship within the 
 Department of Labor and Industry; to provide for reports to the 
 legislature regarding the status of apprentice training in the 
 state; to establish a procedure for the determination of 
 apprentice agreement controversies; and to accomplish related 
 ends.  


    HIST: (4260-31) 1939 c 363 s 1; 1974 c 144 s 1; 2003 c 128 art 
 11 s 4