§ 81.22. Outreach and positive recruitment.
(a) An acceptable affirmative action plan shall include adequate provision for outreach and positive recruitment that would reasonably be expected to increase minority and female participation in apprenticeship by expanding the opportunity of minorities and women to become eligible for apprenticeship selection. In order to achieve these objectives, sponsors shall undertake activities such as those listed in subsection (b). It is not contemplated that each sponsor necessarily will include all of the listed activities in its affirmative action program. The scope of the affirmative action program will depend on all the circumstances including the size and type of the program and its resources; however, the sponsor shall be required to undertake a significant number of appropriate activities in order to enable it to meet its obligation under this chapter.
(b) The affirmative action plan shall set forth the specific steps the sponsor intends to take in the following areas:
(1) Dissemination of information concerning the nature of apprenticeship, availability of apprenticeship, opportunities, sources of apprenticeship applications and the equal opportunity policy of the sponsor. For programs accepting applications only at specified intervals, such information shall be disseminated at least 30 days in advance of the earliest date for application at each interval. For programs customarily receiving applications throughout the year, such information shall be regularly disseminated but not less than semiannually. Such information shall be given to the Council, local schools, employment service offices, women’s centers, public or private rehabilitation centers and community organizations which can effectively reach minorities and women, and published in newspapers which are circulated in the minority community and among women, as well as the general areas in which the program sponsor operates.
(2) Participation in annual workshops conducted by employment service agencies for the purpose of familiarizing school, employment service, and other appropriate personnel with the apprenticeship system and current opportunities therein.
(3) Cooperation with local school boards and vocational education systems to develop programs for preparing students to meet the standards and criteria required to qualify for entry into apprenticeship programs.
(4) Internal communication of the equal opportunity policy of the spon- sor in such a manner as to foster understanding, acceptance, and support among the sponsor’s various officers, supervisors, employes, and members and to encourage such persons to take the necessary action to aid the sponsor in meeting its obligations under this chapter.
(5) Engaging in programs such as outreach for the positive recruitment and preparation of potential applicants for apprenticeships. Where appropriate and feasible, such programs shall provide for pretesting experience and training. If no such programs are in existence, the sponsor shall seek to initiate these programs. In initiating and conducting such programs, the sponsor may be required to work with other sponsors and appropriate community organizations. The sponsor shall also initiate programs to prepare women and encourage women to enter traditionally male programs.
(6) In order to encourage the establishment and utilization of programs of preapprenticeship, preparatory trade training, or others designed to afford related work experience or to prepare candidates for apprenticeship, a sponsor shall make appropriate provision in its affirmative action plan to assure that those who complete such programs are afforded full and equal opportunity for admission into the apprenticeship program.
(7) Utilization of journeymen to assist in the implementation of the affirmative action program of the sponsor.
(8) Granting advance standing or credit on the basis of previously acquired experience, training, skills or aptitude for all applicants equally.
(9) Admission to apprenticeship programs of persons whose age exceeds the maximum age for admission to the program, where such action is necessary to assist the sponsor in achieving its affirmative action obligations.
(10) Such other action as to ensure that the recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices during apprenticeship shall be without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or non-job-related disability. This may include general publication of apprenticeship opportunities and advantages in advertisements, industry reports, articles, and the like; use of present minority and female apprentices and journeypersons as recruiters; career counseling; periodic auditing of affirmative action programs and activities; and development of reasonable procedures between the sponsor and employers of apprentices to ensure that equal employment opportunity is being granted including reporting systems, on site reviews, briefing sessions, and the like. The affirmative action program shall set forth the specific steps the sponsor intends to take in the above areas under this section.
Cross References This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 81.42 (relating to public notice of eligibility pools).
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