29 U.S.C. § 50

Promotion of labor standards of apprenticeship

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The Secretary of Labor is authorized and directed to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices, to extend the application of such standards by encouraging the inclusion thereof in contracts of apprenticeship, to bring together employers and labor for the formulation of programs of apprenticeship, to cooperate with State agencies engaged in the formulation and promotion of standards of apprenticeship, and to cooperate with the Secretary of Education in accordance with section 17 of title 20. For the purposes of this chapter the term “State” shall include the District of Columbia.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 58 cases, 1967–2020 · leading case: California Div. of Labor Standards Enf't v. Dillingham Constr., N. A., 519 U.S. 316 (1997).
California Div. of Labor Standards Enf't v. Dillingham Constr., N. A., 519 U.S. 316 (1997). · cites it 6× “*320 664, as amended, 29 U. S. C. § 50 (known popularly as the Fitzgerald Act).”
Tri-m Grp., LLC v. Sharp, 638 F.3d 406 (3rd Cir. 2011). · cites it 6× “In response to passage of the National Apprentice Act ("Fitzgerald Act"), 29 U.S.C. § 50 et seq., Delaware enacted an apprentice regulatory scheme to "develop and conduct employee training and registered apprenticeship programs," and to provide "for the establishment and…”
Indep. Training & Apprenticeship Prog. v. California Dep't of Indus. Relations, 730 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2013). · cites it 2× “29 U.S.C. § 50 . The DOL promulgated implementing regulations for the Fitzgerald Act in 1977.”
Dobbins v. Local 212, Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, 292 F. Supp. 413 (S.D. Ohio 1968). · cites it 4× “In 1937, Congress passed 29 U.S.C. § 50 , authorizing and directing the Secretary of Labor to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices, and further authorized and directed the Secretary of Labor to bring together…”
Associated Builders & Contractors v. Michigan Dep't of Labor & Econ. Growth, 543 F.3d 275 (6th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “In authorizing the Secretary of Labor to “cooperate with State agencies engaged in the formulation and promotion of standards of apprenticeship” and to “promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices,” 29 U.S.C. § 50 , the Fitzgerald…”
S. California Chapter of Associated Builders & Contractor Inc. v. California Apprenticeship Council, 841 P.2d 1011 (Cal. 1992). · cites it 2× “Moreover, this subdivision, to the extent that it sets forth a requirement for approval of apprenticeship programs that is completely independent of those set forth by federal laws and regulations, does not fall within the scope of ERISA’s general savings clause and, thus,…”
David Funderwhite v. Local 55, United Ass'n, 702 F. App'x 308 (6th Cir. 2017). “Local 55’s apprenticeship program is registered with the United States Department of Labor under the National Apprenticeship Act (“NAA”), 29 U.S.C. § 50 , as a program approved by a state apprenticeship agency.”
Frank Bros., Inc. v. Wisconsin Dep't of Transp., Frank Busalacchi, Sec'y, & Marilyn Kuick, Chief Eeo/labor Compliance, 409 F.3d 880 (7th Cir. 2005). “(citing 29 U.S.C. § 50 ). Moreover, nothing in either the legislative history of the Davis-Bacon Act or the FHWA supports Frank Bros.”
Hydrostorage, Inc. v. N. California Boilermakers Local Jt. Apprenticeship Comm., 685 F. Supp. 718 (N.D. Cal. 1988). · cites it 3× “5 was adopted pursuant to the Fitzgerald Act, 29 U.S.C. § 50 , et seq., and the regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor under the Act, 29 C.”
Jeanne P. Herman v. United Bhd. of Carpenters & Joiners of Am., Local Union No. 971, 60 F.3d 1375 (9th Cir. 1995). “Herman argues that as part of its constitution, the union has a goal to “encourage an apprenticeship program and a higher standard of skill,” and that in pursuit of this goal, the union participates in a joint training and apprenticeship committee in the Reno area.”
Merit Constr. All. v. City of Quincy, 759 F.3d 122 (1st Cir. 2014). “The City next contends that the Fitzgerald Act, 29 U.S.C. § 50 , somehow aids its *131 cause.”
Dillingham Constr. N.A., Inc. v. Cnty. of Sonoma, 778 F. Supp. 1522 (N.D. Cal. 1991). · cites it 2× “The CAC exercises approval authority over apprenticeship programs pursuant to the Fitzgerald Act, 29 U.S.C. § 50 et seq., and its implementing regulations, 29 C.”
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