Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:381 – Purposes
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:381
- apprentice: as used in this Chapter is defined as a worker at least sixteen years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation pursuant to the standards of apprenticeship as provided for in the Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 40, Part 9, §317 in order to fulfill the requirements of the Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 40, Part 9, §301, and who has entered into a written apprentice agreement with an employer, an association of employers, or an organization of employees, providing for not less than two thousand hours of reasonably continuous employment, and for participation in an approved program of training through employment and through education in related and supplemental subjects. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:386
- Commission: means the Louisiana Workforce Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 23:1
The purposes of this Chapter are:
(1) To open to people the opportunity to obtain training that will equip them for profitable employment and citizenship;
(2) To set up, 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 and crafts of industry and trade, with parallel instruction in related supplementary education;
(3) To promote employment opportunities for young people under conditions providing adequate training and reasonable earning;
(4) To relate the supply of skilled workers to employment demands;
(5) To establish standards for apprentice training;
(6) To establish an apprenticeship council to assist in effectuating the purposes of this Chapter;
(7) To provide for a director of apprenticeship within the Louisiana Workforce Commission;
(8) To provide for reports to the legislature and to the public regarding the status of apprentice training in the state;
(9) To establish a procedure for the determination of apprentice agreement controversies; and
(10) To accomplish related ends.
Acts 1987, No. 623, §1; Acts 1989, No. 512, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 447, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 791, §1.