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 106 STAT. 3466 PUBLIC LAW 102-530—OCT. 27, 1992 (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. 29 USC 2502. SEC. 3. OUTREACH TO EMPLOYERS AND LABOR UNIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.—With funds available to the Secretary of Labor to carry out the operations of the Department of Labor in fiscal year 1994 and subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary shall carry out an outreach program to inform employers of technical assistance available under section 4(a) to assist employers to prepare the workplace to employ women in apprenticeable occupations and other nontraditional occupations. (1) Under such program the Secretary shall provide outreach to employers through, but not limited to, the private industry councils in each service delivery area. (2) The Secretary shall provide outreach to labor unions through, but not limited to, the building trade councils, joint apprenticeable occupations councils, and individual labor unions. (b) PMORITY.— The Secretary shall give priority to providing outreach to employers located in areas that have nontraditional emplo3naient and training programs specifically targeted to women. Grants. SEC. 4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 29 USC 2503 (a) IN GENERAL.—With funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall make grants to community-based organizations to provide technical assistance to employers and labor unions selected under subsection (b). Such technical assistance may include— (1) developing outreach and orientation sessions to recruit women into the employers' apprenticeable occupations and nontraditional occupations; (2) developing preapprenticeable occupations or nontraditional skills training to prepare women for apprenticeable occupations or nontraditional occupations; (3) providing ongoing orientations for employers, unions, and workers on creating a successful environment for women in apprenticeable occupations or nontraditional occupations; (4) setting up support groups and facilitating networks for women in nontraditional occupations on or off the job site to improve their retention; (5) setting up a local computerized date base referral system to maintain a current Ust of tradeswomen who are available for work; (6) serving as a Uaison between tradeswomen and employ- ers and tradeswomen and labor unions to address workplace issues related to gender; and (7) conducting exit interviews with tradeswomen to evaluate their on-the-job experience and to assess the effectiveness of the program. (b) SELECTION OF EMPLOYER AND LABOR UNIONS. —The Secretary shall select a totel of 50 employers or labor unions to receive technical assistence provided with grante made under subsection (a).

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