The National Apprenticeship System has provided millions of American workers with rigorous, industry-driven on the job training and high-wage employment in the nation’s most competitive industries. The system’s success is based on its ability to grow and adapt to the needs of a changing economy, an evolving workforce, and a broad range of employers.
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.
Scroll below for materials to help you understand the revised regulations and ways you can communicate with the Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship.
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
We want to hear from you. Please send regulation implementation questions to the Office of Apprenticeship via e-mail:regs.apprenticeship@dol.gov. We’ll respond and address the issues in the Questions and Answers section of this Web page.
ELS: Earn.Learn.Succeed-Past issues of the official Office of Apprenticeship e-newsletter that communicate timely information about the revised apprenticeship regulations including related meetings and events.
Learn more about the regulations by clicking on one of the informative materials below.
Regulations Policy Guidance Development - Lists specific issues in the final rule for which the Office of Apprenticeship will develop additional policy guidance.
Regulations at a Glance – 10 one-page reference guides that describe how the final rule addresses the following topics:
Regulations Fact Sheet Describes key changes in the final rule as they pertain to apprentices, program sponsors, State Apprenticeship Agencies and other stakeholders
Regulations News Release Announces the publication of the revised regulations in the Federal Register
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) On December 13, 2007, the Department announced its proposal to revise apprenticeship regulations and solicited comments from the public on this proposed rulemaking. This NPRM and the comments received on the proposal provided the basis for the final rule.
Posted November 10, 2008 - Responses have been developed for some of the questions raised during the webinar held on October 30, 2008. OA will continue to develop and post Q&As based on issues identified during this first webinar and questions submitted to the regs.apprenticeship@dol.gov email address.
Regulations & Legislation
ELS: Earn.Learn.Succeed-Past issues of the official Office of Apprenticeship e-newsletter that communicate timely information about the revised apprenticeship regulations including related meetings and events.
