LABOR
GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDED FY 2010 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 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 2007
ACTUAL
FY 2008
BUDGETED
FY 2009
REQUESTED
FY 2010
GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDED
FY 2010
RECOMMENDED INC/(DEC)
FY 2010
FUNDING SOURCE:
   General Funds $625,293 $647,448 $672,003 $672,003 $685,498 $13,495
   Federal Funds 319,846 269,987 399,421 399,421 407,023 7,602
   Other Funds 240,760 332,675 432,376 432,376 436,994 4,618
      Total $1,185,899 $1,250,110 $1,503,800 $1,503,800 $1,529,515 $25,715
 
EXPENDITURE DETAIL:
   Personal Services $911,506 $902,400 $1,110,045 $1,110,045 $1,135,760 $25,715
   Operating Expenses 274,393 347,710 393,755 393,755 393,755 0
      Total $1,185,899 $1,250,110 $1,503,800 $1,503,800 $1,529,515 $25,715
 
Staffing Level FTE: 18.6 17.9 20.5 20.5 20.5 0.0

  ACTUAL
FY 2007

ACTUAL
FY 2008

ESTIMATED
FY 2009

ESTIMATED
FY 2010

REVENUES:  
   Workers' Compensation (WC) Self-Insurance $0 $0 $0 $0
   Application Fees 42,000 54,000 36,000 40,000
   WC Insurance Policy Fees 263,235 259,914 250,000 250,000
   WC Managed Care Plan Fees 6,000 5,500 6,000 6,000
   First Report Late Filing Fines 25,330 88,250 80,000 80,000
   WC Self Insurance Bankruptcy Bonds 300,000 0 870,191 0
      
Total

$636,565

$407,664

$1,242,191

$376,000
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:  
   Collective Bargaining Filings of Petitions 44 35 40 40
   for Hearing
   Collective Bargaining Petitions Settled 10 15 10 10
   or Dismissed Prior to Hearing
   Hearings Held to Arbitrate, Mediate, or 18 21 20 20
   Conduct Collective Bargaining Matters
   and Render Decisions
   Wage Inquiries/Wage Law Complaints Filed 6,840/325 6,900/250 7,000/300 7,000/300
   Private Industry Employees Affected by WC 321,600 330,600 335,000 340,000
   Private Industry WC First Reports of Injury 21,516 21,540 21,700 22,000
   New Filings of Private Industry WC Petitions 197 181 200 200
   Private Industry WC Claims Settled or 225 187 225 225
   Dismissed Prior to Hearing
   Private Industry WC Hrng Petitions Pending 421 415 420 420
   Private Industry WC Claims Resulting in a 25 33 30 30
   Formal Hearing
   Hearings Held to Mediate WC Matters 60 61 60 60
   UI Appeals Filings of Petitions for Hearing 1,283 1,091 1,100 1,100
   UI Appeals Resulting in Final Order of 1,298 1,108 1,100 1,100
   Decision
   UI Appeals Pending 75 47 75 75
   Human Rights Charges Received/Conciliated 201/3 200/0 200/2 200/2
   Human Rights Case Closures 100 108 100 100
   Human Rights Unsuccessful Conciliations 3 3 3 3
   Wage Cases Assigned for Litigation 66 60 50 40

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