To assist the state in attaining maximum economic growth and technological progress while minimizing individual hardship and reducing unemployment, the Labor Commissioner shall: (1) Evaluate the impact of, and benefits and problems created by, automation, technological progress and other changes in the structure of production; evaluate the adequacy of the state's human resources in attaining maximum economic growth for the state; establish techniques and methods for detecting in advance the potential impact of such developments; and prepare recommendations for the solution to these problems; (2) establish a program of factual studies on the state's economy to determine the manpower needs of the state by occupation, by industry and by area, and make recommendations concerning the best methods and techniques to be used to meet such needs; (3) appraise the growing work force in the state to determine the occupational qualifications of its citizens with particular emphasis on young people and on persons displaced by automated processes; compare the manpower needs of the state with the occupational qualifications of its citizens, and prepare plans for the maximum utilization of its citizens; (4) determine those areas, occupations and industries which have need for additional trained workers, and establish preemployment training programs which best meet the needs of business and industry, and of the unemployed. In establishing such programs, the commissioner shall, in cooperation with the Commissioner of Education, use funds from all available federal programs.

(February, 1965, P.A. 248, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 13-140, S. 20.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced the secretary of the state board of education with the commissioner of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 13-140 deleted former Subsec. (b) re Labor Commissioner to make annual reports and recommendations to the Governor and made a technical change, effective June 18, 2013.