Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 36, § 301. Louisiana Works; creation; domicile; composition; purposes and functions

A. Louisiana Works is created and shall be a body corporate with the power to sue and be sued. The domicile of the department shall be in Baton Rouge. Louisiana Works shall be deemed to be one of the twenty departments of the executive branch of state government as provided in Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution of Louisiana and as provided in this Title.

B. Louisiana Works, through its offices and officers, shall administer and enforce laws and programs designed to protect the economic and physical well-being of Louisiana's workforce and pursue the availability of the workforce to meet the needs of the economy. The department shall coordinate and administer programs conducted by the state, or jointly with federal agencies, in the area of labor-management relations, manpower evaluation and training, vocational rehabilitation, independent living, blind services, employment, unemployment and workers' compensation, job safety, and the licensing and regulation of certain types of work. The department shall be responsible for delivering workforce development solutions for businesses and economic sectors of the economy and coordinating with other state agencies and offices for the delivery of workforce development solutions as provided for in R.S. 23:1801. The department shall perform functions related to administration of the community services block grant for which provision is initially made in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.