Regulations

• Original Version
• Amended Version

To ensure that apprenticeship remains a highly successful talent development strategy, the Department of Labor and other key stakeholders have worked closely to revise the regulations governing the National Apprenticeship System. These revised regulations published, on October 29, 2008, update Title 29 CFR, part 29 and provide a framework that supports an enhanced, modernized apprenticeship system.

The revised regulations provide a framework to the following:

• Promotes apprenticeship and advances the National Apprenticeship System
• Protects the welfare of the apprentices
• Provides consistency and accountability across the system to enhance program quality and performance
• Creates flexibility within the apprenticeship model and aligns it with the needs of a new generation of workers and a broad range of employers

Full text of the Revised Regulations: Title 29 CFR, part 29

Regulations Fact Sheet - Describes key changes in the final rule as they pertain to apprentices, program sponsors, State Apprenticeship Agencies and other stakeholders

Regulations at a Glance - 10 one-page reference guides that describe how the final rule addresses the following topics:

Regulations Policy Guidance Development - Lists specific issues in the final rule for which the Office of Apprenticeship will develop additional policy guidance.

Posted November 10, 2008 - Responses have been developed for some of the questions raised during the webinar held on October 30, 2008.  

Sets forth policies and procedures to promote equality of opportunity in registered apprenticeship programs. 

Sets forth labor standards provisions applicable to contracts covering Federally financed and assisted construction.