Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 40 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Part IX - Apprenticeship
Chapter 5 - Louisiana State Plan for Equal Opportunity in Apprenticeship
Section IX-515 - Records

A. Obligations of Sponsors. Each sponsor shall keep adequate records including a summary of qualifications of each applicant; the basis for evaluation and for selection or rejection of each applicant; a record pertaining to interviews of applicants; the original application for each applicant; information relative to the operation of the apprenticeship program, including but not limited to job assignment, promotion, demotion, layoff, or termination, rates of pay, or other forms of compensation or conditions of work and, separately, hours of training provided; and any other records pertinent to a determination of compliance with these regulations, as may be required by the apprenticeship division. The records pertaining to individual applicants, whether selected or rejected, shall be maintained in such a manner as to permit identification of minority and female (minority and nonminority) participants.

B. Affirmative Action Plans. Each sponsor must retain a statement of its affirmative action plan required by §509 for the prompt achievement of full and equal opportunity in apprenticeship, including all data and analysis made pursuant to requirements of §509. Sponsors shall annually review their affirmative action plans and update them when necessary, including the goals and timetables.

C. Qualification Standards. Each sponsor must maintain evidence that its qualification standards have been validated in accordance with requirements set forth in §511. B.

D. Maintenance of Records by Sponsors. All records required by this plan and any other information relevant to compliance with these regulations, shall be maintained for five years, and made available, upon request, to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Apprenticeship Division, the U.S. Department of Labor, or other authorized persons.

E. Records of the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Apprenticeship Division. The apprenticeship division shall keep adequate records, including registration requirements, approved individual program standards, registration records, deregistration records, program compliance reviews and investigations, individual program ethnic count, total apprenticeship ethnic count, and any other records pertinent to a determination of compliance with this plan as may be required by the U.S. Department of Labor, and shall report such to the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship, semi-annually.