The Department of Labor is charged with the following areas of
responsibility:
-To assist those who are seeking jobs in their quest for
satisfactory and productive placement and to aid employers in the search for
qualified workers.
-To refer workers in need of additional skills into the
proper job training program.
-To administer the state's unemployment
insurance program.
-To administer rehabilitation services, including
providing physical rehabilitation, job training, and job placement of people
with disabilities.
-To gather, maintain, and report labor market
information.
-To administer laws relating to working conditions, employee
safety, and child labor, and to inspect amusement rides, elevators, escalators,
dumbwaiters, manlifts, moving sidewalks, boilers, pressure vessels, safety
glass, and high-voltage lines to assure that the public is protected.