                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OPERATION AND APPLICATION OF ARTICLE (§ 2.2-2053)

Nothing in this article or in any apprentice agreement approved under this
article shall invalidate any apprenticeship provision in any collective
agreement between employers and employees establishing higher apprenticeship
standards regarding ratios of apprentices to journeymen, probationary periods,
or length of the program. None of the terms or provisions of this article shall
apply to any person, firm, corporation, or craft unless, until, and only so long
as such person, firm, corporation, or craft voluntarily elects that the terms
and provisions of this article shall apply.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 624, 625.