Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 343 - Apprenticeship

• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• 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. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• Apprenticeship agreement: means a written agreement, complying with 29
  C. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• 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. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• Commissioner: means commissioner of the Department of Workforce Development, under the direction and supervision of the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet, or any person authorized to act in his or her behalf. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Council: means the Kentucky Apprenticeship Council, which provides advice and guidance to the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet regarding the Commonwealth's apprenticeship program. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• 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. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• 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. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• 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. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• 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. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Supervisor: means supervisor of apprenticeship. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• 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. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010