N.Y. Labor Law § 814: Local, regional and state joint apprenticeship committees

§ 814. Local, regional and state joint apprenticeship committees.

Local and state joint apprenticeship committees may be approved, in any

trade or group of trades, in cities, regions of the state or trade

areas, by the industrial commissioner, whenever the apprentice training

needs of such trade or group of trades or such regions justify such

establishment. Such local, regional or state joint apprenticeship

committees shall be composed of an equal number of employer and employee

representatives chosen from names submitted by the respective local or

state employer and employee organizations in such trade or group of

trades; also such additional members representing local boards of

education or other educational agencies as may be deemed advisable. In

a trade or group of trades in which there is no bona fide employer or

employee organization, the joint committee shall be composed of persons

known to represent the interests of employers and of employees

respectively or a state joint apprenticeship committee may be approved

as, or the state apprenticeship council may act itself as, the joint

committee in such trade or group of trades. Subject to the review of the

industrial commissioner and in accordance with the standards established

by the industrial commissioner, such committees may devise standards for

apprenticeship agreements and give such aid as may be necessary in their

operation, in their respective trades and localities.