Section 5100. Definitions  


Latest version.
  • As  used  in this article, the following terms
      shall have the following meanings:
        1. "Eligible agency" means labor organizations, their  federations  or
      organizations   of   employers   acting   in   consortium   with   labor
      organizations,  that  have  been  approved  by  the  commissioner,  upon
      application  therefor,  to  conduct  workplace literacy and basic skills
      education programs.
        2. "Labor organization" means organizations of workers established  to
      bargain collectively on behalf of their member workers.
        3.  "Workplace literacy and basic skills education" means those common
      branch skills and English-as-a-second-language skills that are  directly
      related to the ability to perform occupational tasks.