52:40-15 - Cooperation with recipients of funding
52:40-15 Cooperation with recipients of funding.
15. The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall work together with all other reporting agencies that will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and with the representatives of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Departments of Labor, Energy, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and any other federal agencies distributing funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to:
a.Coordinate with labor unions that will aggressively recruit minorities and women for apprenticeships and training opportunities;
b.Increase outreach to and enrollment of minorities and women in apprenticeship, training, and related programs; and
c.Ensure that, to the greatest extent possible under the law, minorities and women apprentices and trainees are working on State and ARRA-funded work sites.
L.2009, c.335, s.15.