Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 27 — Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations
§ 2503. Technical assistance
Statutory text
In general
With funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall make grants to community-based organizations to provide technical assistance to employers and labor unions selected under subsection (b). Such technical assistance may include—
developing outreach and orientation sessions to recruit women into the employers’ apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations;
developing preapprenticeable occupations or nontraditional skills training to prepare women for apprenticeable occupations or nontraditional occupations;
providing ongoing orientations for employers, unions, and workers on creating a successful environment for women in apprenticeable occupations or nontraditional occupations;
setting up support groups and facilitating networks for women in nontraditional occupations on or off the job site to improve their retention;
setting up a local computerized data base referral system to maintain a current list of tradeswomen who are available for work;
serving as a liaison between tradeswomen and employers and tradeswomen and labor unions to address workplace issues related to gender; and
conducting exit interviews with tradeswomen to evaluate their on-the-job experience and to assess the effectiveness of the program.
Selection of employer and labor unions
The Secretary shall select a total of 50 employers or labor unions to receive technical assistance provided with grants made under subsection (a).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act
Pub. L. 102–530 § 4 · 106 Stat. 3465
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 2503
(Pub. L. 102–530, § 4, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3466.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 102–530, § 4, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3466.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. (a) In General.— With funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall make grants to community-based organizations to provide technical assistance to employers and labor unions selected under subsection (b). Such technical assistance may include— (1) developing outreach and orientation sessions to recruit women into the employers’ apprenticeable occupations and non-traditional occupations; (2) developing preapprenticeable occupations or nontraditional skills training to prepare women for apprenticeable occupations or nontraditional occupations; (3) providing ongoing orientations for employers, unions, and workers on creating a successful environment for women in apprenticeable occupations or nontraditional occupations; (4) setting up support groups and facilitating networks for women in nontraditional occupations on or off the job site to improve their retention; (5) setting up a local computerized data base referral system to maintain a current list of tradeswomen who are available for work; (6) serving as a liaison between tradeswomen and employers and tradeswomen and labor unions to address workplace issues related to gender; and (7) conducting exit interviews with tradeswomen to evaluate their on-the-job experience and to assess the effectiveness of the program. (b) Selection of Employer and Labor Unions.— The Secretary shall select a total of 50 employers or labor unions to receive technical assistance provided with grants made under subsection (a).
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