Learners and apprentices (Repealed)

After written permission has been received from the commissioner or his authorized representative, an employer may employ learners at a rate not less than eighty-five percent of the minimum fair wage established by subsection (j) of section 31-58 of the Connecticut General Statutes per hour for a period not to exceed five weeks or two hundred hours, provided the number of such learners shall not at any time exceed ten percent of the total number of employees. Apprentices enrolled in a bona fide apprentice program for any occupation shall conform in every respect to the provisions of the program as established and approved by the commissioner or his authorized representative.