All apprenticeship programs, including those apprenticeship programs created or maintained by joint labor-management organizations, are subject to the prohibitions of sec. 4 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 623. Age limitations in apprenticeship programs are valid only if excepted under sec. 4(f)(1) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 623(f)(1), or exempted by the Commission under sec. 9 of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 628, in accordance with the procedures set forth in 29 CFR 1625.30.

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[80 FR 60540, Oct. 7, 2015]