California · Laborers – Southern California
For California, trade or program is Laborers – Southern California; initial ratio is not required to hire an apprentice until there are four journeymen on the jobsite; scope is public works; statute citation is Labor Code 1777.5 (g), recorded from its source on 2026-10-06.
- State
- California
- Trade or program
- Laborers – Southern California our reading
- Initial ratio
- not required to hire an apprentice until there are four journeymen on the jobsite verified
- Scope
- public works our reading
- Statute citation
- Labor Code 1777.5 (g) verified
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What the source says
Initial ratio
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Approved contractors are not required to hire an apprentice until there are four journeymen on the jobsite
— dir.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
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Statute citation
The minimum apprentice hourly ratio of five journeymen hours per one apprentice hour as required by Labor Code 1777.5 (g) is per craft and only includes straight time hours, not overtime. At the end of the project, straight time apprentice hours must equal one hour for every five straight time journeyman hours for each craft. For example, if you have a total of 100 journeyman hours at the end of the project in a craft, you would need 20 apprentice hours in that same craft.
— all from dir.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Source
- dir.ca.govhttps://www.dir.ca.gov/das/RatioExemption.htm