Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73

§2503 Technical assistance

Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 27— - WOMEN IN APPRENTICESHIP AND NONTRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS › § 2503

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give grant money to community groups so they can help 50 chosen employers or labor unions improve how they recruit, train, keep, and support women in skilled or nontraditional jobs. Help can include outreach to recruit women, training to prepare them for apprenticeships, ongoing orientation for employers and workers, support groups and networks to keep women on the job, a local computerized referral list of available tradeswomen, acting as a go‑between on gender workplace issues, and exit interviews to see what worked.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §2503

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(a)With funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall make grants to community-based organizations to provide technical assistance to employers and labor unions selected under subsection (b). Such technical assistance may include—

(1)developing outreach and orientation sessions to recruit women into the employers’ apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations;

(2)developing preapprenticeable occupations or nontraditional skills training to prepare women for apprenticeable occupations or nontraditional occupations;

(3)providing ongoing orientations for employers, unions, and workers on creating a successful environment for women in apprenticeable occupations or nontraditional occupations;

(4)setting up support groups and facilitating networks for women in nontraditional occupations on or off the job site to improve their retention;

(5)setting up a local computerized data base referral system to maintain a current list of tradeswomen who are available for work;

(6)serving as a liaison between tradeswomen and employers and tradeswomen and labor unions to address workplace issues related to gender; and

(7)conducting exit interviews with tradeswomen to evaluate their on-the-job experience and to assess the effectiveness of the program.

(b)The Secretary shall select a total of 50 employers or labor unions to receive technical assistance provided with grants made under subsection (a).

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 2503

Title 29 — Labor

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73