Special wage schedules for apprentices and shop trainees.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) Agencies may establish special wage schedules for apprentices and shop trainees who are included in: (1) Formal apprenticeship programs involving training for journeyman level duties in occupations that are recognized as apprenticeable by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor; or (2) Formal shop trainee programs involving training for journeyman level duties in nonapprenticeable occupations that require specialized trade or craft skill and knowledge. (b) Special schedules shall consist of a single wage rate for each training period. Wage rates shall be determined as follows: (1) Rates shall be based on the current second step rate of the target journeyman grade level on the regular (2) The entrance rate shall be computed at 65 percent of the journeyman level, step 2, rate, or the WG-1, step 1, rate, whichever is greater. (3) When the WG-1, step 1, rate is used, the apprentice rate shall be increased by a minimum of 5 cents per hour for each succeeding increment interval until the rate obtained by this method equals the rate computed under the formula. No increase shall be less then 5 cents per hour. (c) Advancement to higher increments shall be at 26-week intervals, regardless of the total length of the training period. Intermediate rates shall be established by subtracting the entrance rate from the journeyman level, step 2 rate, and dividing the difference by the number of 26-week periods of the particular training term. The resulting quoti

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 532.265