343.010 Definitions for chapter. As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) "Apprentice" means a worker at least sixteen (16) years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation as provided in 29 C.F.R. pt. 29; "Apprenticeship agreement" means a written agreement, complying with 29 C.F.R. pt. 29 between an apprentice and either the apprentice's program sponsor, or an apprenticeship committee acting as agent for the program sponsors, which contains the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice; "Commissioner" means commissioner of the Department of Workforce Investment, under the direction and supervision of the secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, or any person authorized to act in his or her behalf; "Council" means the Kentucky Apprenticeship Council, which provides advice and guidance to the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet regarding the Commonwealth's apprenticeship program; "Supervisor" means supervisor of apprenticeship; "Trainee" means a person at least sixteen (16) years of age who has entered into an on-the-job training agreement with an employer or an association of employers or an organization of employees in a construction occupation under a program which has been approved by a federal agency as promoting equal employment opportunity in conjunction with federal-aid construction projects; "Apprenticeship program" means a plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices as required under 29 C.F.R. pts. 29 and 30, including such matters as the requirement for a written apprenticeship agreement; "On-the-job training program" means a plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of a trainee, including such matters as the requirement for a written on-the-job training agreement other than an apprenticeship program; provided, however, that said program has been approved by a federal agency as promoting equal employment opportunity in conjunction with federal-aid construction projects; (9) "Sponsor" means any person, association, committee, or organization in whose name or title the program is or is to be registered, irrespective of whether such entity is an employer; (10) "Employer" means any person or organization employing an apprentice or trainee whether or not such person or organization is a party to an apprenticeship or on-the- job training agreement with the apprentice or trainee; and (11) "Related instruction" means an organized and systematic form of instruction designed to provide the apprentice or trainee with knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects related to the apprentice's occupation. Effective: June 27, 2019 History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 173, sec. 6, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1863, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 40, effective July 13, 1984. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599c-34.