CHAPTER 4. APPRENTICES
§381. Purposes
The purposes of this Chapter are:
(1) To open to people the opportunity to obtain training that will equip them for
profitable employment and citizenship;
(2) To set up, as a means to this end, a program of voluntary apprenticeship, under
approved apprentice agreements, providing facilities for their training and guidance in the
arts and crafts of industry and trade, with parallel instruction in related supplementary
education;
(3) To promote employment opportunities for young people under conditions
providing adequate training and reasonable earning;
(4) To relate the supply of skilled workers to employment demands;
(5) To establish standards for apprentice training;
(6) To establish an apprenticeship council to assist in effectuating the purposes of
this Chapter;
(7) To provide for a director of apprenticeship within Louisiana Works;
(8) To provide for reports to the legislature and to the public regarding the status of
apprentice training in the state;
(9) To establish a procedure for the determination of apprentice agreement
controversies; and
(10) To accomplish related ends.
Acts 1987, No. 623, §1; Acts 1989, No. 512, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No.
447, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 791,
§1.