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SB 660 Youth Employment Solutions apprenticeship program; feasibility of implementation.

Introduced by: Frank W. Wagner | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Youth Employment Solutions apprenticeship program. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Education to determine the feasibility of implementing a Youth Employment Solutions (YES) apprenticeship program. A, YES apprenticeship program, is a program under which the appropriate agencies of the Commonwealth enter into an agreement with a private staffing firm under which the firm provides services to an employer that result in the assumption by the private staffing firm of duties and responsibilities, with regard to apprentices, including duties and responsibilities arising with respect to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act and insurance liability, that would otherwise apply to the employer. The measure directs the Departments to (i) identify potential benefits and problems of implementing a YES apprenticeship program, (ii) determine whether one or more private staffing firms are willing to participate, and (iii) ascertain whether existing law prevents implementation of a YES apprenticeship program and, if so, identify such law in a report.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Youth Employment Solutions apprenticeship program. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry and the Department of Education to determine the feasibility of implementing a Youth Employment Solutions (YES) apprenticeship program. Under a YES apprenticeship program, agencies of the Commonwealth enter into an agreement with a private staffing firm under which the firm provides services as an intermediary between the Commonwealth's apprenticeship program and an employer. Under the agreement, the firm assumes legal duties and responsibilities with regard to apprentices, including those relating to workers' compensation and insurance liability, that would otherwise apply to the employer. The measure directs the agencies to ascertain whether existing law prevents implementation of a YES apprenticeship program and, if so, identify such law in a report to the chairs of the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, the Senate Committee on Education and Health, the House Committee on Commerce and Labor, and the House Committee on Education by October 1, 2018. If the agencies determine that implementing a YES apprenticeship program would be feasible and not require changes to existing law, the measure directs the agencies to implement a YES apprenticeship program in the Commonwealth.