Title 29, LaborRelease 119-110

§2705 Identification and Dissemination of Best Practices

Title 29 › CHAPTER 29 — WORKERS TECHNOLOGY SKILL DEVELOPMENT › § 2705

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Labor, working with the Secretary of Commerce, must help workers, unions, and employers adopt new workplace technologies and practices by finding, collecting, and sharing proven workplace methods and tools. This covers four areas: ways for workers and managers to cooperate on choosing and using new technology, how to design and put in place new work practices, how to organize work in advanced ways, and how to assess worker skills and training needs. The shared materials must include case summaries and analyses, criteria to judge current workplace methods, and information about the best training and education resources. The Secretary of Commerce will pick an entity to send these materials to the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology, the Manufacturing Outreach Center, other tech training groups, and anyone else the two Secretaries think is appropriate.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §2705

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(a)In general

(1)Information

The Secretary, in cooperation and after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall assist workers, worker organizations, and employers in successfully adopting advanced workplace technologies, and advanced workplace practices by identifying, collecting, and disseminating information on best workplace practices and workplace assessment tools, including—

(A)methods, techniques, and successful models of labor-management cooperation and of worker and worker organization participation in the development, evaluation, selection, and implementation of new and advanced workplace technologies, and advanced workplace practices;

(B)methods, techniques, and successful models for the design and implementation of new and advanced workplace practices;

(C)methods, techniques, and successful models for the design and implementation of advanced forms of work organization; and

(D)methods, techniques, and successful models for the assessment of worker skills and training needs relating to the effective development, evaluation, selection, and implementation of advanced workplace technologies, and advanced workplace practices.

(2)Contents

Such information on best workplace practices shall include—

(A)summaries and analyses of best practice cases;

(B)criteria for assessment of current workplace practices; and

(C)information on the best available education and training materials and services relating to the development, implementation, and operation of systems utilizing new and advanced workplace technologies, and advanced workplace practices.

(b)Distribution

The information and materials developed under this section shall be distributed through an appropriate entity designated by the Secretary of Commerce to the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology, to the Manufacturing Outreach Center, to other technology training entities, and directly to others as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce.

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 2705

Title 29, Labor

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110