Trump Job Training Plan Clouded by Funding, Labor Agency Rift

The Labor Department is set to unveil long-awaited details on a new, industry-led apprenticeship program touted as a centerpiece of the Trump administration’s jobs agenda. But it remains to be seen how the department will resolve funding questions and a dispute with the White House over what to do with the construction industry.

The DOL will make public within the week a proposed regulation establishing certification requirements for the Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Program, a department spokesman told Bloomberg Law. The White House Office of Management and Budget June 14 cleared the rule, which President Donald Trump ordered the department to take ...