[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR520.409]

[Page 132-133]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 520_EMPLOYMENT UNDER SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF MESSENGERS, LEARNERS 
(INCLUDING STUDENT-LEARNERS), AND APPRENTICES--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart D_Messengers, Learners (Excluding Student-Learners), and 
                               Apprentices
 
Sec. 520.409  When will authority to pay apprentices special minimum 
wages become effective and what is the special minimum wage rate?

    (a) An apprenticeship program which has been registered with a 
recognized apprenticeship agency shall constitute a temporary special 
certificate authorizing the employment of an apprentice at the wages and 
under the conditions specified in such program until a special 
certificate is issued or denied. This temporary authorization is, 
however, conditioned on the requirement that within 90 days from the 
beginning date of employment of the apprentice, the

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employer or the apprenticeship committee shall send one copy of each 
apprenticeship agreement, with evidence of registration, to the 
appropriate Regional Office of the Wage and Hour Division.
    (b) The wage rate specified by the apprenticeship program becomes 
the special minimum wage rate that must be paid unless the Administrator 
issues a certificate modifying the terms and conditions of employment of 
apprentices at special minimum wages.