Title 29, LaborRelease 119-110

§2503 Technical Assistance

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must use money Congress provides to give grants to local community groups. Those groups will give technical help to employers and labor unions the Secretary picks. The Secretary must choose 50 employers or labor unions to get this help. The help can cover things like outreach and training to recruit and prepare women for apprenticeships and jobs women don’t usually hold; ongoing orientations for employers, unions, and workers; support groups and networking to keep women on the job; a local computerized referral list of tradeswomen; acting as a go‑between on gender-related workplace issues; and exit interviews to review women’s job experiences and the program’s results.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §2503

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(a)In general

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)Selection of employer and labor unions

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110