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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73983</law_id><section_number>2.2-2052</section_number><catch_line>Apprentice agreement signed by association of employers or organization of employees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>2.2-2050</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Organization of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="C">State Agencies Related to the General Operation of Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="20.2">Workforce Development and Advancement</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="3">Apprenticeships</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For the purpose of providing greater diversity of training or continuity of employment, any <span class="dictionary">apprentice</span> agreement made under this article may in the discretion of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> be signed by an association of <span class="dictionary">employers</span> or an organization of employees instead of by an individual <span class="dictionary">employer</span>. In such a case, the <span class="dictionary">apprentice</span> agreement shall expressly provide that the association of <span class="dictionary">employers</span> or organization of employees does not assume the obligation of an <span class="dictionary">employer</span> but agrees to use its best endeavors to procure employment and training for such <span class="dictionary">apprentice</span> with one or more <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">apprentice</span> and <span class="dictionary">employer</span> association or employee organization during the period of each such employment. The <span class="dictionary">apprentice</span> agreement in such a case shall also expressly provide for the transfer of the <span class="dictionary">apprentice</span>, subject to the approval of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, to such <span class="dictionary">employer</span> or <span class="dictionary">employers</span> as shall sign a written agreement with the <span class="dictionary">apprentice</span>, and if the <span class="dictionary">apprentice</span> is a <span class="dictionary">minor</span> with his parent or guardian, as specified in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Approval of apprentice agreement by Commissioner; signing" href="/2.2-2050/">2.2-2050</a>, contracting to employ the <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">apprentice</span> and the <span class="dictionary">employer</span> association or employee organization.</p></section></text><history>2023, cc. 624, 625; 2024, c. 507.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
