Workforce Trend: Get to Know Apprenticeships Again

What is happening? The Inflation Reduction Act has an incentive program for apprenticeships. The incentive is structured like this: to claim the production tax credit under the IRA, building contractors must meet employment standards including that registered apprentices work a set percentage of hours on IRA projects.

Why is this important? The construction industry skews older and has a large number of vacancies.

Route Fifty | Now is the Time for State and Local Investments in Apprenticeships