§ 2705. — Identification and dissemination of best practices.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 29USC2705]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 29--WORKERS TECHNOLOGY SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 2705. Identification and dissemination of best practices
(a) In general
(1) Information
The Secretary, in cooperation and after consultation with the
Secretary of Commerce, shall assist workers, worker organizations,
and employers in successfully adopting advanced workplace
technologies, and advanced workplace practices by identifying,
collecting, and disseminating information on best workplace
practices and workplace assessment tools, including--
(A) methods, techniques, and successful models of labor-
management cooperation and of worker and worker organization
participation in the development, evaluation, selection, and
implementation of new and advanced workplace technologies, and
advanced workplace practices;
(B) methods, techniques, and successful models for the
design and implementation of new and advanced workplace
practices;
(C) methods, techniques, and successful models for the
design and implementation of advanced forms of work
organization; and
(D) methods, techniques, and successful models for the
assessment of worker skills and training needs relating to the
effective development, evaluation, selection, and implementation
of advanced workplace technologies, and advanced workplace
practices.
(2) Contents
Such information on best workplace practices shall include--
(A) summaries and analyses of best practice cases;
(B) criteria for assessment of current workplace practices;
and
(C) information on the best available education and training
materials and services relating to the development,
implementation, and operation of systems utilizing new and
advanced workplace technologies, and advanced workplace
practices.
(b) Distribution
The information and materials developed under this section shall be
distributed through an appropriate entity designated by the Secretary of
Commerce to the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing
Technology, to the Manufacturing Outreach Center, to other technology
training entities, and directly to others as determined appropriate by
the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce.
(Pub. L. 103-382, title V, Sec. 546, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4055.)
