Virginia HB 1980: Virginia Employment Commission; jobs reports.

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17102620D

HOUSE BILL NO. 1980 

Offered January 11, 2017 

Prefiled January 10, 2017 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 60.2-113 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to the Virginia Employment Commission; employment reports. 
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Patron-- Poindexter 

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor 

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Be 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.

A. 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. 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