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In such a case, the apprentice agreement shall expressly provide that the association of employers or organization of employees does not assume the obligation of an employer but agrees to use its best endeavors to procure employment and training for such apprentice with one or more employers that will accept full responsibility, as herein provided, for all the terms and conditions of employment and training set forth in the agreement between the apprentice and employer association or employee organization during the period of each such employment. The apprentice agreement in such a case shall also expressly provide for the transfer of the apprentice, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, to such employer or employers as shall sign a written agreement with the apprentice, and if the apprentice is a minor with his parent or guardian, as specified in \u00a7 2.2-2050, contracting to employ the apprentice for the whole or a definite part of the total period of apprenticeship under the terms and conditions of employment and training set forth in the agreement entered into between the apprentice and the employer association or employee organization.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":266083,"text":"For the purpose of providing greater diversity of training or continuity of employment, any apprentice agreement made under this article may in the discretion of the Commissioner be signed by an association of employers or an organization of employees instead of by an individual employer. In such a case, the apprentice agreement shall expressly provide that the association of employers or organization of employees does not assume the obligation of an employer but agrees to use its best endeavors to procure employment and training for such apprentice with one or more employers that will accept full responsibility, as herein provided, for all the terms and conditions of employment and training set forth in the agreement between the apprentice and employer association or employee organization during the period of each such employment. The apprentice agreement in such a case shall also expressly provide for the transfer of the apprentice, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, to such employer or employers as shall sign a written agreement with the apprentice, and if the apprentice is a minor with his parent or guardian, as specified in \u00a7 2.2-2050, contracting to employ the apprentice for the whole or a definite part of the total period of apprenticeship under the terms and conditions of employment and training set forth in the agreement entered into between the apprentice and the employer association or employee organization.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13843,"edition_id":1,"name":"Apprenticeships","identifier":"3","label":"article","depth":5,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13219,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:03","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:03","permalink":{"id":173607,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13843,"identifier":"3","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/3","url":"\/2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13219,"edition_id":1,"name":"Workforce Development and Advancement","identifier":"20.2","label":"chapter","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13092,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:28","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:28","permalink":{"id":173565,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13219,"identifier":"20.2","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20.2","url":"\/2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13092,"edition_id":1,"name":"State Agencies Related to the General Operation of Government","identifier":"C","label":"part","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12784,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:16","permalink":{"id":172453,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13092,"identifier":"C","token":"2.2\/I\/C","url":"\/2.2\/I\/C\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12784,"edition_id":1,"name":"Organization of State Government","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12749,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":171455,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12784,"identifier":"I","token":"2.2\/I","url":"\/2.2\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12749,"edition_id":1,"name":"Administration of Government","identifier":"2.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":171453,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12749,"identifier":"2.2","token":"2.2","url":"\/2.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":60798,"structure_id":13843,"section_number":"2.2-2043","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/2.2-2043\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/3\/2.2-2043","metadata":false},{"id":54860,"structure_id":13843,"section_number":"2.2-2044","catch_line":"Apprenticeship Council; 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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 624<\/a> and 625<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2024, chapter 507<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63257,"section_number":"2.2-2050","catch_line":"Approval of apprentice agreement by Commissioner; signing","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2050\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63257,"section_number":"2.2-2050","catch_line":"Approval of apprentice agreement by Commissioner; signing","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2050\/"}],"permalink":{"id":173645,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73983,"identifier":"2.2-2052","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/3\/2.2-2052","url":"\/2.2-2052\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-2052\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/20.2\/3\/2.2-2052","dublin_core":{"Title":"Apprentice agreement signed by association of employers or organization of employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-2052","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purpose of providing greater diversity of training or continuity of employment, any apprentice<\/span> agreement made under this article may in the discretion of the Commissioner<\/span> be signed by an association of employers<\/span> or an organization of employees instead of by an individual employer<\/span>. In such a case, the apprentice<\/span> agreement shall expressly provide that the association of employers<\/span> or organization of employees does not assume the obligation of an employer<\/span> but agrees to use its best endeavors to procure employment and training for such apprentice<\/span> with one or more employers<\/span> that will accept full responsibility, as herein provided, for all the terms and conditions of employment and training set forth in the agreement between the apprentice<\/span> and employer<\/span> association or employee organization during the period of each such employment. The apprentice<\/span> agreement in such a case shall also expressly provide for the transfer of the apprentice<\/span>, subject to the approval of the Commissioner<\/span>, to such employer<\/span> or employers<\/span> as shall sign a written agreement with the apprentice<\/span>, and if the apprentice<\/span> is a minor<\/span> with his parent or guardian, as specified in \u00a7 2.2-2050<\/a>, contracting to employ the apprentice<\/span> for the whole or a definite part of the total period of apprenticeship under the terms and conditions of employment and training set forth in the agreement entered into between the apprentice<\/span> and the employer<\/span> association or employee organization.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPRENTICE AGREEMENT SIGNED BY ASSOCIATION OF EMPLOYERS OR ORGANIZATION OF\nEMPLOYEES (\u00a7 2.2-2052)\n\nFor the purpose of providing greater diversity of training or continuity of\nemployment, any apprentice agreement made under this article may in the\ndiscretion of the Commissioner be signed by an association of employers or an\norganization of employees instead of by an individual employer. In such a case,\nthe apprentice agreement shall expressly provide that the association of\nemployers or organization of employees does not assume the obligation of an\nemployer but agrees to use its best endeavors to procure employment and training\nfor such apprentice with one or more employers that will accept full\nresponsibility, as herein provided, for all the terms and conditions of\nemployment and training set forth in the agreement between the apprentice and\nemployer association or employee organization during the period of each such\nemployment. The apprentice agreement in such a case shall also expressly provide\nfor the transfer of the apprentice, subject to the approval of the Commissioner,\nto such employer or employers as shall sign a written agreement with the\napprentice, and if the apprentice is a minor with his parent or guardian, as\nspecified in \u00a7 2.2-2050, contracting to employ the apprentice for the whole or\na definite part of the total period of apprenticeship under the terms and\nconditions of employment and training set forth in the agreement entered into\nbetween the apprentice and the employer association or employee organization.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, cc. 624, 625; 2024, c. 507.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}