                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPRENTICE AGREEMENT SIGNED BY ASSOCIATION OF EMPLOYERS OR ORGANIZATION OF
EMPLOYEES (§ 2.2-2052)

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 § 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.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 624, 625; 2024, c. 507.