Bill No. A3666 was signed by Governor Murphy on January 3, 2019 and went into effect on May 1, 2019. The bill requires workers who are subject to “The Public Works Contractor Registration Act” to have completed or be actively participating in a registered apprenticeship program; an apprenticeship program that is registered with and approved by the United States Department of Labor and provides the trainee with combined classroom and on-the–job training in an occupation recognized as a trade and meets the program standards of enrolment and graduation under the Code of Federal Regulations.
Many of the states’ 10,000 plus …