Highlights
- Employers (Contractors) are required to use existing apprentice ratios, however can use higher apprentice to journeyman ratios when agreed upon by the Union (Craft) and the Employer.
- Pre-apprentice classifications are also recognized, provided that they exist in the applicable local collective bargaining agreement.
- Employers are required to reimburse those wages lost by apprentices for attending apprenticeship school. (See Policy Decision XVIII-1)
Policy Decisions
- XVIII-1 – Lost Pay for Apprentices Attending School or Classes During Regularly Scheduled Working Hours Because of Requirements By Local Joint Apprenticeship Programs
- Provides clarification that employers are responsible for reimbursing apprentices their applicable wages and benefits for time that they miss work as a result of attending apprenticeship school.
- It also provides clarification that the NMAPC Grievance Review Subcommittee retains the right to hear all grievances that may arise regarding what might be excessive time periods required by such programs.