As an enforcement policy, time spent in an organized program of
related, supplemental instruction by employees working under bona fide
apprenticeship
programs may be excluded from working time if the following criteria are
met:
(a) The apprentice is employed under a written apprenticeship
agreement or program which substantially meets the fundamental standards
of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the U.S. Department of
Labor; and
(b) Such time does not involve productive work or performance of the
apprentice's regular duties. If the above criteria are met the time
spent in such related supplemental training shall not be counted as
hours worked unless the written agreement specifically provides that it
is hours worked. The mere payment or agreement to pay for time spent in
related instruction does not constitute an agreement that such time is
hours worked.
