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<br />S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Bureau of <br />Apprenticeship and Training, or with a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by <br />the Bureau, or if a person is employed in his or her first 90 days of probationary <br />employment as an apprentice in such an apprenticeship program, who is not <br />individually registered in the program, but who has been certified' by the Bureau of <br />Apprenticeship and Training or a State Apprenticeship Agency (where appropriate) <br />to be eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice. The allowable ratio of <br />apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft classification shall not be <br />greater than fhe ratio permitted to the contractor as to the entire work force under the <br />registered program. Any worker listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate, who <br />is not registered or otherwise employed as stated above, shall be paid not less than <br />the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the classification of work <br />actually performed. In addition, any apprentice performing work on the job site in <br />excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program, shall be paid not less <br />than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually <br />performed. Where a contractor is performing construction on a project in a locality <br />other than that in which its program is registered, the ratios and wage rates <br />(expressed in percentages of the journeyman=s hourly rate) specified in the <br />contractor's or subcontractor's registered program shall be observed. Every <br />~PPI.~l1tl~e lllu~tb.eLpajd ~tnotless thC)n tl:le rat~ specified in the r.egist~red program <br />for the apprentice's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeymen <br />hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Apprentices shall be paid <br />fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the apprenticeship program. If <br />the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits, apprentices must be <br />paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage determination for the <br />applicable classification. If the Administrator determines that a different practice <br />prevails for the applicable apprentice classification, fringes shall be paid in <br />accordance with the determination. In the event the Bureau of Apprenticeship and <br />Training, or a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the Bureau, withdraws <br />approval of an apprenticeship program, the contractor will no longer be permitted to <br />utilize apprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work <br />performed until an acceptable program is approved. <br />(ii) Trainees. Except as provided in 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not be permitted to <br />work at less than the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they are <br />employed pursuant to arid individually registered in a program which has received <br />prior approval, evidenced by formal certification by the U. S. Department of Labor, <br />Employment and Training Administration. The ratio of trainees to journeymen on the <br />job site shall not be greater than permitted under the plan approved by the <br />Employment and Training Administration. Every trainee must be paid at not less than <br />the rate specified in the approved program for the trainee=s level of progress, <br />expressed as a percentage of the journeyman hourly rate specified in the applicable <br />wage determination. Trainees shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the <br />provisions of the trainee program. If the trainee program does not mention fringe <br />benefits, trainees shall be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage <br />determination unless the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division determines <br />that there is an apprenticeship program associated with the corresponding <br />journeyman wage rate on the wage determination which provides for less than full <br />fringe benefits for apprentices. Any employee listed on the payroll at a trainee rate <br /> <br />09/09 <br /> <br />00810-5 <br /> <br />03-4122.F <br />