LABOR
GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDED FY 2005 BUDGET
1006 State Labor Law Administration

MISSION:
To investigate, adjudicate and/or settle disputes between employers, their employees and/or the Unemployment Insurance Division; to educate employers and employees as to their rights and duties; to collect illegally withheld wages on behalf of employees; to assure that all work-related injury reports filed with the division are processed and workers' compensation benefits due are paid to claimants; to process applications for status as a self-insured employer, certified medical case management plan, owner-operator of a truck as an independent contractor, or employer permitted to provide subminimum wages; to provide legal services to the Labor Department's boards and commissions; and, to investigate, adjudicate and/or settle claims of housing and public accommodation discrimination, as well as educating citizens about such discrimination.

  ACTUAL
FY 2002
ACTUAL
FY 2003
BUDGETED
FY 2004
REQUESTED
FY 2005
GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDED
FY 2005
RECOMMENDED INC/(DEC)
FY 2005
FUNDING SOURCE:
   General Funds $486,415 $472,586 $587,028 $573,628 $573,628 ($13,400)
   Federal Funds 9,728 33,081 306,128 319,528 319,528 13,400
   Other Funds 345,628 348,880 396,813 403,732 398,445 1,632
      Total $841,771 $854,549 $1,289,969 $1,296,888 $1,291,601 $1,632
 
EXPENDITURE DETAIL:
   Personal Services $531,971 $555,976 $908,684 $925,875 $925,875 $17,191
   Operating Expenses 309,800 298,572 381,285 371,013 365,726 (15,559)
      Total $841,771 $854,549 $1,289,969 $1,296,888 $1,291,601 $1,632
 
Staffing Level FTE: 14.4 14.2 21.5 21.5 21.5 0.0

  ACTUAL
FY 2002

ACTUAL
FY 2003

ESTIMATED
FY 2004

ESTIMATED
FY 2005

REVENUES:  
   Workers' Compensation (WC) Self-Insurance $0 $0 $0 $0
   Application Fees 44,000 44,000 44,000 44,000
   WC Insurance Policy Fees 227,548 235,897 235,000 235,000
   WC Managed Care Plan Fees 5,000 5,500 5,000 5,000
   First Report Late Filing Fines 18,900 19,339 22,000 22,000
      
Total

$295,448

$304,736

$306,000

$306,000
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:  
   Collective Bargaining Filings of Petitions 55 59 60 60
   for Hearing
   Collective Bargaining Petitions Settled 30 20 20 20
   or Dismissed Prior to Hearing
   Hearings Held to Arbitrate, Mediate, or 25 28 30 30
   Conduct Collective Bargaining Matters
   and Render Decisions
   Wage Inquiries/Wage Law Complaints Filed 2,410 / 410 2,450 / 428 2,450 / 430 2,450 / 440
   Private Industry Employees Affected by WC 303,354 300,550 303,000 305,000
   Private Industry WC First Reports of Injury 22,916 23,380 23,800 24,300
   New Filings of Private Industry WC Petitions 300 290 250 250
   for Hearing Received on Disputed Claims
   Private Industry WC Claims Settled or 300 280 300 300
   Dismissed Prior to Hearing
   Private Industry WC Hrng Petitions Pending 550 520 525 525
   Private Industry WC Claims Resulting in a 40 85 65 65
   Formal Hearing
   Hearings Held to Mediate WC Matters 100 75 75 75
   UI Appeals Filings of Petitions for Hearing 1,613 1,852 1,800 1,800
   UI Appeals Resulting in Final Order of 1,664 1,862 1,800 1,800
   Decision
   UI Appeals Pending 71 127 100 100
   Human Rights Crgs Received/Conciliated 94/6 117/3 105/6 115/6
   Human Rights Case Closures 69 71 85 85

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