A pattern or practice of noncompliance by a sponsor or where the sponsor is a joint apprenticeship committee, by one of the parties represented on such committee with Federal or State laws or regulations requiring equal opportunity may be grounds for the imposition of sanctions in accordance with §§ 81.81-81.83 (relating to sanctions) if the noncompliance is related to the equal employment opportunity of apprentices or graduates of such an apprenticeship program under this chapter. The sponsor shall take positive steps to assist and cooperate with employers and unions in fulfilling their equal employment opportunity obligations.
34 Pa. Code § 81.64