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2017 SESSION
17101265DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 60.2-113 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 60.2-113. Employment stabilization.
The Commission shall take all necessary steps through its appropriate divisions and with the advice of such advisory boards and committees as it may have to:
1. Establish a viable labor exchange system to promote maximum employment for the Commonwealth of Virginia with priority given to those workers drawing unemployment benefits;
2. Provide Virginia State Job Service services, as described in this title, according to the provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49f), as amended by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;
3. Maintain a solvent trust fund financed through equitable employer taxes that provide temporary partial income replacement to involuntarily unemployed covered workers;
4. Coordinate and conduct labor market information research studies, 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, education and training entities, government and other users in the public and private sectors;
5. Determine and publish a list of jobs, trades, and professions for which a high demand of qualified workers exists or is projected by the Commission. The Commission shall consult with the Virginia Board of Workforce Development in making such determination. Such information shall be published biennially and disseminated to employers; education and training entities, including public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education; government agencies, including the Department of Education and public libraries; and other users in the public and private sectors;
6. Prepare official short and
long-range population projections for the Commonwealth for use by the General
Assembly and state agencies with programs which involve or necessitate
population projections;
7. Encourage
and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational guidance,
training and retraining; and
8. 7. Establish
the Interagency Migrant Worker Policy Committee, comprised of representatives
from appropriate state agencies, including the Virginia Workers' 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.