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PRINTER'S NO. 421
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
429
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, AUMENT, DiSANTO, EICHELBERGER, ALLOWAY,
LAUGHLIN, HUTCHINSON, MENSCH, WHITE, REGAN, RESCHENTHALER AND
WAGNER, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.604, No.304), entitled
"An act relating to apprenticeship and training; creating a
State Apprenticeship and Training Council in the Department
of Labor and Industry to formulate an apprenticeship and
training policy and program, and defining its powers and
duties and providing for administration," further providing
for powers and duties; providing for supervision; and
abrogating a regulation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.604,
No.304), known as The Apprenticeship and Training Act, is
amended to read:
Section 4. Powers and Duties.--(a) The council shall (1)
establish standards for apprenticeship in conformity with the
provisions of this act and applicable statutes and regulations
of the Federal Government; (2) adopt such rules and regulations,
subject [only] to section 4.1 and the approval of the Secretary
of Labor and Industry, as may be necessary to carry out the
intent and purpose of this act; (3) compile such data on
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population and employment trends, industrial production,
vocational and industrial education and job requirements as may
be deemed necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this
act; (4) to terminate or cancel any apprenticeship agreements in
accordance with the provisions of such agreements or order
modifications of such agreements; (5) maintain close liaison
with Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, the United States
Department of Labor, the State Board of Vocational Education,
the Department of Public Instruction, the Department of
Commerce, Bureau of Rehabilitation of the Department of Labor
and Industry, and Juvenile Forestry Camps under the Department
of Public Welfare, and such other agencies which carry on
programs closely related to the purposes of this act; (6)
conduct studies, surveys and investigations of the special
problems of retraining or training unemployed or employed
persons to improve or modernize work skills and make appropriate
recommendations to cooperating agencies described above, local
community organizations, local school boards and the Secretary
of Labor and Industry; (7) act as a convening agency in local
communities to bring together local representatives of employes,
employers, educational agencies and industrial development
agencies in order to promote closer local cooperation in
establishing better apprenticeship and other training programs
including programs for employed persons who wish to improve and
modernize their work skills; (8) use appropriate media of
information and education to acquaint employers, employes and
the public at large with the advantages and availability of
apprenticeship and other occupational training programs; (9)
study the effectiveness of apprenticeship agreements and make
recommendations in accordance with the provisions of such
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agreements for their improvement; and (10) perform such other
duties as may be necessary to give full effect to the provisions
of this act.
(b) The council shall make a report to the Secretary of the
Department of Labor and Industry, on or before February
fifteenth, each year, indicating the extent of apprenticeship
and other occupational training programs during the previous
year, trends in employment requiring adjustments in
apprenticeship training and other occupational programs, needs
for expansion of apprenticeship and other occupational training
programs, activities of the council and such recommendations as
are in accord with the purposes of this act.
(c) No action affecting the status of an agreement shall be
taken by the council until an attempt has been made to bring the
employes and employer together to settle the problem in
conformity with the standards of the council.
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 4.1. Supervision.--Regulations under section 4(a)(2)
may not require more than one supervisor for each apprentice or
trainee.
Section 3. The provisions of 34 Pa. Code ยง 83.5(b)(7) are
abrogated.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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