No apprentice agreement under this chapter shall be effective until approved by the Commissioner. Every apprentice agreement shall be signed by the employer, or by an association of employers or an organization of employees as provided in § 40.1-124, and by the apprentice, and, if the apprentice is a minor, by the minor's father or mother, provided, that if both father and mother be dead or legally incapable of giving consent or have abandoned their children, then by the guardian of the minor.
Code 1950, § 40-128; 1970, c. 321; 1974, c. 272; 2014, c. 734.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 40.1 - Labor and Employment
Chapter 6 - Voluntary Apprenticeship
§ 40.1-117. Apprenticeship Council; membership and terms of office; meetings and duties
§ 40.1-118. Authority of Council
§ 40.1-119. Local and state joint apprenticeship committees
§ 40.1-120.1. Discrimination prohibitions for registered apprenticeship programs
§ 40.1-121. Requisites of apprentice agreement
§ 40.1-122. Approval of agreement by Commissioner; signing
§ 40.1-123. Agreement binding after apprentice's majority
§ 40.1-124. Agreement signed by organization of employers or of employees
§ 40.1-125. Commissioner to administer chapter