(a) Not later than March 1, 2017, the Labor Department shall update the department’s Internet web site with regard to the office of apprenticeship training. Such update shall include, but need not be limited to:

(1) Simplification of the process by which current and prospective apprentices and employers may access comprehensive information relating to apprenticeship training on the department’s Internet web site;

(2) An accurate list of occupations in which apprentices are employed in the state and the number of apprentices participating in each occupation within the previous calendar year; and

(3) Comprehensive information regarding apprenticeship coursework, including, but not limited to, a list of apprenticeship coursework providers, the Internet web site addresses for such apprenticeship coursework providers, the locations of such apprenticeship coursework providers, the occupations in which such apprenticeship coursework providers offer apprenticeship coursework and the costs associated with such apprenticeship coursework, which shall be accompanied by a disclaimer that cost information is only one factor to be considered in selecting coursework. The department may provide electronic links to such information.

(b) The department shall update the information described in subdivisions (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section as often as practicable, but not less than annually, to improve the efficiency by which current and prospective apprentices and employers may engage in apprenticeships in the state.

(P.A. 16-114, S. 2; P.A. 17-60, S. 11.)

History: P.A. 16-114 effective June 3, 2016; P.A. 17-60 deleted former Subsec. (c) re report by department re update to department’s Internet web site, effective July 1, 2017.