29 U.S.C. § 2501 : US Code - Section 2501: Findings; statement of purpose

Search 29 U.S.C. § 2501 : US Code - Section 2501: Findings; statement of purpose

(a) Findings
The Congress finds that -
(1) American businesses now and for the remainder of the 20th
century will face a dramatically different labor market than the
one to which they have become accustomed;
(2) two in every three new entrants to the work force will be
women, and to meet labor needs such women must work in all
occupational areas including in apprenticeable occupations and
nontraditional occupations;
(3) women face significant barriers to their full and effective
participation in apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional
occupations;
(4) the business community must be prepared to address the
barriers that women have to such jobs, in order to successfully
integrate them into the work force; and
(5) few resources are available to employers and unions who
need assistance in recruiting, training, and retaining women in
apprenticeable occupations and other nontraditional occupations.
(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide technical assistance
to employers and labor unions to encourage employment of women in
apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations. Such
assistance will enable business to meet the challenge of Workforce
2000 by preparing employers to successfully recruit, train, and
retain women in apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional
occupations and will expand the employment and self-sufficiency
options of women. This purpose will be achieved by -
(1) promoting the program to employers and labor unions to
inform them of the availability of technical assistance which
will assist them in preparing the workplace to employ women in
apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations;
(2) providing grants to community-based organizations to
deliver technical assistance to employers and labor unions to
prepare them to recruit, train, and employ women in
apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations;
(3) authorizing the Department of Labor to serve as a liaison
between employers, labor, and the community-based organizations
providing technical assistance, through its national office and
its regional administrators; and
(4) conducting a comprehensive study to examine the barriers to
the participation of women in apprenticeable occupations and
nontraditional occupations and to develop recommendations for the
workplace to eliminate such barriers.