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 ensure 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 sub-minimum 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 2005	ACTUAL FY 2006	BUDGETED FY 2007	REQUESTED FY 2008	GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDED FY 2008	RECOMMENDED INC/(DEC) FY 2008
FUNDING SOURCE:
General Funds	$590,743	$604,288	$625,293	$625,293	$647,448	$22,155
Federal Funds	257,566	262,406	369,400	369,400	386,656	17,256
Other Funds	334,855	337,279	416,044	416,044	424,424	8,380
Total	$1,183,164	$1,203,973	$1,410,737	$1,410,737	$1,458,528	$47,791
EXPENDITURE DETAIL:
Personal Services	$859,999	$909,593	$1,025,011	$1,025,011	$1,064,773	$39,762
Operating Expenses	323,165	294,380	385,726	385,726	393,755	8,029
Total	$1,183,164	$1,203,973	$1,410,737	$1,410,737	$1,458,528	$47,791
Staffing Level FTE:	18.9	19.8	20.5	20.5	20.5	0.0

	ACTUAL FY 2005	ACTUAL FY 2006	ESTIMATED FY 2007	ESTIMATED FY 2008
REVENUES:
Workers' Compensation (WC) Self-Insurance	$0	$0	$0	$0
Application Fees	36,000	48,000	50,000	50,000
WC Insurance Policy Fees	253,463	265,434	265,000	265,000
WC Managed Care Plan Fees	6,000	7,000	6,500	6,500
First Report Late Filing Fines	13,240	25,939	10,000	10,000
Total	$308,703	$346,373	$331,500	$331,500
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:
Collective Bargaining Filings of Petitions	33	54	40	40
for Hearing
Collective Bargaining Petitions Settled	28	7	15	15
or Dismissed Prior to Hearing
Hearings Held to Arbitrate, Mediate, or	5	20	20	20
Conduct Collective Bargaining Matters
and Render Decisions
Wage Inquiries/Wage Law Complaints Filed	7,300/400	7,270/425	7,300/400	7,300/400
Private Industry Employees Affected by WC	308,600	314,700	320,000	325,000
Private Industry WC First Reports of Injury	20,672	21,344	21,500	21,600
New Filings of Private Industry WC Petitions	237	203	220	220
Private Industry WC Claims Settled or	182	217	220	220
Dismissed Prior to Hearing
Private Industry WC Hrng Petitions Pending	513	454	410	410
Private Industry WC Claims Resulting in a	47	45	45	45
Formal Hearing
Hearings Held to Mediate WC Matters	65	53	50	50
UI Appeals Filings of Petitions for Hearing	1,590	1,361	1,500	1,500
UI Appeals Resulting in Final Order of	1,577	1,390	1,500	1,500
Decision
UI Appeals Pending	104	103	100	100
Human Rights Charges Received/Conciliated	117/2	106/19	110/10	110/10
Human Rights Case Closures	114	86	90	90
Human Rights Unsuccessful Conciliations	10	3	5	5
Wages Cases Assigned for Litigation	0	88	100	100

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