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on the job. If the contractor or subcontractor fails to submit the <br /> required records or to make them available, the Federal agency may, <br /> after written notice to the contractor, sponsor, applicant, or owner, <br /> take such action as may be necessary to cause the suspension of any <br /> further payment, advance, or guarantee of funds. Furthermore, failure to <br /> submit the required records upon request or to make such records <br /> available may be grounds for debarment action pursuant to 29 CFR 5.12. <br /> (4) Apprentices and trainees--(i) Apprentices. Apprentices will be <br /> permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work they <br /> performed when they are employed pursuant to and individually registered <br /> in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. <br /> Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of <br /> Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, or with a State <br /> Apprenticeship Agency <br /> recognized by the Office, or if a person is employed in his or her first <br /> 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in such an <br /> apprenticeship program, who is not individually registered in the <br /> program, but who has been certified by the Office of <br /> Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services <br /> or a State Apprenticeship Agency (where appropriate) to be <br /> eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice. The allowable <br /> ratio of apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft <br /> classification shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the <br /> contractor as to the entire work force under the registered program. Any <br /> worker listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate, who is not <br /> registered or otherwise employed as stated above, shall be paid not less <br /> than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the <br /> classification of work actually performed. In addition, any apprentice <br /> performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under <br /> the registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage <br /> rate on the wage determination for the work actually performed. Where a <br /> contractor is performing construction on a project in a locality other <br /> than that in which its program is registered, the ratios and wage rates <br /> (expressed in percentages of the journeyman's hourly rate) specified in <br /> the contractor's or subcontractor's registered program shall be <br /> observed. Every apprentice must be paid at not less than the rate <br /> specified in the registered program for the apprentice's level of <br /> progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeymen hourly rate <br /> specified in the applicable wage determination. Apprentices shall be <br /> paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the <br /> apprenticeship program. If the apprenticeship program does not specify <br /> fringe benefits, apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe <br /> benefits listed on the wage determination for the applicable <br /> classification. If the Administrator determines that a different <br /> practice prevails for the applicable apprentice classification, fringes <br /> shall be paid in accordance with that determination. In the event the <br /> office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, or a <br /> State Apprenticeship Agency <br /> recognized by the Office, withdraws approval of an apprenticeship <br /> program, the contractor will no longer be permitted to utilize <br /> apprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work <br /> performed until an acceptable program is approved. <br /> (ii) Trainees. Except as provided in 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not <br /> be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work <br /> performed unless they are employed pursuant to and individually <br /> registered in a program which has received prior approval, evidenced by <br /> formal certification by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and <br />