                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCAL AND STATE JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEES (§ 2.2-2047)

A. A local joint apprenticeship committee may be established in any trade or
group of trades in a city or trade area whenever the apprentice training needs
of such trade or group of trades justify such establishment.

B. When two or more local joint apprenticeship committees have been established
in the Commonwealth for a trade or group of trades or at the request of any
trade or group of trades, a state apprenticeship committee may be established
for such trade or group of trades. Such local and state joint apprenticeship
committees shall be composed of an equal number of employer and employee
representatives chosen from names submitted by the respective employer and
employee organizations in such trade or group of trades. In a trade or group of
trades in which there is no bona fide employer or employee organization, the
committee shall be appointed from persons known to represent the interests of
employers and of employees respectively.

C. The functions of a local joint apprenticeship committee shall be:

   1. To cooperate with school authorities in regard to the education of
   apprentices;

   2. In accordance with standards established by the Council, to establish local
   standards of apprenticeship regarding, schedule of operations, application of
   wage rates, working conditions for apprentices, and the number of apprentices
   that shall be employed locally in the trade; and

   3. To adjust apprenticeship disputes.

D. The functions of a state trade apprenticeship committee shall be to assist in
an advisory capacity in the development of statewide standards of apprenticeship
and in the development of local standards and local committees.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 624, 625.