§308. Offices; purposes and functions

            A. The purposes for which the offices of Louisiana Works are created shall be as set forth in this Section.

            B.(1) The office of workforce development shall perform the functions of the state relating to the administration, enforcement, supervision, and direction of programs related to the formulation of standards and policies promoting the welfare of wage-earning women; the employment of individuals with disabilities; vocational rehabilitation; occupational information services; independent living; blind services; customer service delivery; employment; training; minimum wage standards; welfare of workers and labor disputes, including the promotion of voluntary conciliation of disputes; regulation and certification of private employment agencies; minor labor laws; the formulation of policy relative to labor apprenticeship; worker protection programs, including medical payment; and employment security and employment service field services, all in accordance with applicable laws.

            (2) In addition to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the office of workforce development shall also perform the functions of the state relating to data processing and the development, analysis, and dissemination of labor market and occupational information, including but not limited to training and forecasting data.

            C. The office of unemployment insurance administration shall perform the functions of the state relating to the administration and enforcement of programs and services affecting unemployment compensation, all in accordance with applicable laws.

            D. The office of workers' compensation administration shall perform the functions of the state relating to the administration and enforcement of the law, rules, and regulations affecting workers' compensation.

            E. Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 478, §16, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.

            Acts 1976, No. 513, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 83, §1, eff. June 22, 1977; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §2; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §3, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 512, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 447, §2, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §5, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts 2007, No. 113, §2; Acts 2008, No. 743, §3, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 939, §4, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2025, No. 478, §§10, 16, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.

NOTE: See Acts 2008, No. 743, §§6, 7, and 8, eff. July 1, 2008, relative to severability, to changing of references to the former Dept. of Labor and former La. Workforce Commission, and to legislative intent for continuity of functioning of local workforce investment boards and the executive director's responsibility therefor.

NOTE: See Acts 2010, No. 939, §§12, 14, 16, snd 19, relative to implementation of transfer of programs from the Dept. of Social Services to the La. Workforce Commission.