Common use of Apprentice Requirements Clause in Contracts

Apprentice Requirements. The Contractor shall ensure that the Project will satisfy the “apprenticeship requirements” described in sections 45(b)(8) and 48(a)(11) of the Code, including any Guidance (as amended from time to time, the “Apprenticeship Requirements”). Pursuant to the Apprentice Requirements, Contractor shall ensure (and require each Subcontractor to ensure) that during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Substantial Completion Date: not less than 18% of the total Labor Hours of the Work constituting Construction, Alteration or Repair (including such work performed by any Subcontractor) with respect to the Project shall be performed by Qualified Apprentices; each of (i) Contractor and (ii) each Subcontractor with four or more individuals performing Labor Hours, has at least one Qualified Apprentice performing Labor Hours with respect to the Project; and the satisfaction of any applicable requirements for “apprentice-to-journey worker ratios” of the U.S. Department of Labor or the applicable State government agency that has responsibility and accountability for apprenticeship within the State. Contractor may satisfy the Apprentice Requirements, all or in part, by satisfaction of the “Good Faith Exception” described in Section 2.13.3 hereof.