Local contractors are cautiously monitoring a newly released U.S. Department of Labor proposal that currently excludes the construction sector from its plan to create industry-recognized apprenticeship programs that remove the federal department from day-to-day management of such programs. If that remains, contractors would not be eligible for consideration as an industry-recognized apprenticeship program—the Trump administration’s
Facing skills shortage, Baton Rouge contractors keeping eye on fed apprenticeship proposal
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