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a . Apprentices : <br /> 1 . Apprentices will be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the <br /> work they performed when they are employed pursuant to and individually <br /> registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the DOL , <br /> Employment and Training Administration , Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training , <br /> or with a State apprenticeship agency recognized by the Bureau , or if a person is <br /> employed in his/her first 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in <br /> such an apprenticeship program , who is not individually registered in the <br /> program , but who has been certified by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and <br /> Training or a State apprenticeship agency (where appropriate ) to be eligible for <br /> probationary employment as an apprentice . <br /> 2 . The allowable ratio of apprentices to journeyman -level employees on the job site <br /> in any craft classification shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the <br /> contractor as to the entire work force under the registered program . Any <br /> employee listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate , who is not registered or <br /> otherwise employed as stated above , shall be paid not less than the applicable <br /> wage rate listed in the wage determination for the classification of work actually <br /> performed . In addition , any apprentice performing work on the job site in excess <br /> of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be paid not less than the <br /> applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually performed . <br /> Where a contractor or subcontractor is performing construction on a project in a <br /> locality other than that in which its program is registered , the ratios and wage <br /> rates (expressed in percentages of the journeyman - level hourly rate ) specified in <br /> the contractor' s or subcontractor's registered program shall be observed . <br /> 3 . Every apprentice must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the registered <br /> program for the apprentice ' s level of progress , expressed as a percentage of the <br /> journeyman - level hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination . <br /> Apprentices shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the <br /> apprenticeship program . If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe <br /> benefits , apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the <br /> wage determination for the applicable classification . If the Administrator for the <br /> Wage and Hour Division determines that a different practice prevails for the <br /> applicable apprentice classification , fringes shall be paid in accordance with that <br /> determination . <br /> 4 . In the event the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training , or a State apprenticeship <br /> agency recognized by the Bureau , withdraws approval of an apprenticeship <br /> program , the contractor or subcontractor will no longer be permitted to utilize <br /> apprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the comparable <br /> work performed by regular employees until an acceptable program is approved . <br /> b . Trainees : <br /> 1 . Except as provided in 29 CFR 5 . 16 , trainees will not be permitted to work at less <br /> than the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they are employed <br /> pursuant to and individually registered in a program which has received prior <br /> approval , evidenced by formal certification by the DOL , Employment and Training <br /> Administration . <br /> 2 . The ratio of trainees to journeyman - level employees on the job site shall not be <br /> greater than permitted under the plan approved by the Employment and Training <br /> 10 <br /> 12/1 /2009 3:45:46 PM <br />