(a) An employer subject to hiring requirements under this chapter may request the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to assist in locating qualified, eligible employees. After receiving a request for assistance, the department shall refer qualified, eligible, available residents to the employer to fill the employer's hiring needs. The employer shall cooperate with the department.
(b) If the department is unable to refer a sufficient number of qualified, eligible, available residents able to perform the work, the commissioner of labor and workforce development may approve the hiring of residents who are not eligible for preference and nonresidents for the balance of the request.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Chapter 10. Employment Preference
Sec. 36.10.005. Legislative findings.
Sec. 36.10.030. Reduction of work force.
Sec. 36.10.040. Application to contracts involving federal funds.
Sec. 36.10.070. Unavailability of preferred workers.
Sec. 36.10.076. Notification by state or political subdivision.
Sec. 36.10.080. Chapter incorporated in contracts.
Sec. 36.10.090. Publication of list of violators.
Sec. 36.10.100. Retainage and penalty.
Sec. 36.10.120. Investigations and hearings.
Sec. 36.10.130. Resident hire report.
Sec. 36.10.140. Eligibility for preference; approval of job-training programs; certification.
Sec. 36.10.150. Determination of zone of underemployment.
Sec. 36.10.160. Preference for residents of economically distressed zones.
Sec. 36.10.170. Preference for economically disadvantaged minority residents.
Sec. 36.10.175. Preference for economically disadvantaged female residents.
Sec. 36.10.180. Projects subject to preference.
Sec. 36.10.190. Reporting provisions.
Sec. 36.10.200. Criminal penalties.