The Labor Department rolled out a final rule to implement the Trump administration’s new industry-focused apprenticeship system, a move likely to heighten debate on Capitol Hill and spur at least one legal challenge.
The rule effectively establishes the Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program, a centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s workplace policy agenda. It also bars building trades groups from participating in the new system and includes a clause to limit a potential lawsuit from the construction industry, consistent with an advance copy of the regulation that Bloomberg Law reported last week. The regulation will take effect May 11.
The IRAP initiative, which ...
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