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Labor Department ends affirmative action requirements for registered apprenticeships

Must submit new nondiscrimination plans within one year

Sponsors of federally registered apprenticeship programs will no longer have to run affirmative action programs. A Department of Labor final rule published November 6 removes the equal employment opportunity mandates in 29 CFR part 30. Those mandates included numerical hiring goals for sponsors with five or more apprentices.

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