                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EMPLOYMENT STABILIZATION (§ 2.2-2056)

The Department shall have the following duties relating to employment
stabilization:

1. Establish a viable labor exchange system to promote maximum employment for
the Commonwealth with priority given to those workers drawing unemployment
benefits;

2. Provide Virginia State Job Service services, as described in this article,
according to the provisions of the federal Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. &#xA7;
49 et seq.), as amended by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
of 2014 (P.L. 113-128);

3. Coordinate and direct all workforce development program services, policies,
grant management, and data analytics across state government that lead to
conducting activities that target job placement and respond to industry demand;

4. Coordinate and conduct labor market information research services, programs,
and operations, including the development, storage, retrieval, and dissemination
of information on the social and economic aspects of the Commonwealth, and
publish data needed by employers, economic development programs, education and
training entities, and government entities and for other users in the public and
private sectors;

5. Encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational
guidance, training, and retraining; and

6. Establish the Interagency Migrant Worker Policy Committee (the Committee),
comprised of representatives from appropriate state agencies, including the
Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission, whose services and
jurisdictions involve migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their employees. All
agencies of the Commonwealth shall be required to cooperate with the Committee
upon request.

HISTORY: 2023, cc. 624, 625.