§ 2501. — Findings; statement of purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 29USC2501]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 27--WOMEN IN APPRENTICESHIP AND NONTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS
Sec. 2501. Findings; statement of purpose
(a) Findings
The Congress finds that--
(1) American businesses now and for the remainder of the 20th
century will face a dramatically different labor market than the one
to which they have become accustomed;
(2) two in every three new entrants to the work force will be
women, and to meet labor needs such women must work in all
occupational areas including in apprenticeable occupations and
nontraditional occupations;
(3) women face significant barriers to their full and effective
participation in apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional
occupations;
(4) the business community must be prepared to address the
barriers that women have to such jobs, in order to successfully
integrate them into the work force; and
(5) few resources are available to employers and unions who need
assistance in recruiting, training, and retaining women in
apprenticeable occupations and other nontraditional occupations.
(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide technical assistance to
employers and labor unions to encourage employment of women in
apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations. Such
assistance will enable business to meet the challenge of Workforce 2000
by preparing employers to successfully recruit, train, and retain women
in apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations and will
expand the employment and self-sufficiency options of women. This
purpose will be achieved by--
(1) promoting the program to employers and labor unions to
inform them of the availability of technical assistance which will
assist them in preparing the workplace to employ women in
apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations;
(2) providing grants to community-based organizations to deliver
technical assistance to employers and labor unions to prepare them
to recruit, train, and employ women in apprenticeable occupations
and nontraditional occupations;
(3) authorizing the Department of Labor to serve as a liaison
between employers, labor, and the community-based organizations
providing technical assistance, through its national office and its
regional administrators; and
(4) conducting a comprehensive study to examine the barriers to
the participation of women in apprenticeable occupations and
nontraditional occupations and to develop recommendations for the
workplace to eliminate such barriers.
(Pub. L. 102-530, Sec. 2, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3465.)
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 102-530 provided that: ``This Act [enacting
this chapter] shall be cited as the `Women in Apprenticeship and
Nontraditional Occupations Act'.''
