The Commissioner, with the advice and aid of the State Advisory Council and the local or industry advisory councils, shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining, and vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and operation, by municipalities, counties, school districts, and the state, of reserves for public works to be used in times of business depressions and unemployment; to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every other way that may be feasible; and to these ends to carry on and publish in print or electronically the results of investigations and research studies.
History. Code 1981, § 34-8-76 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 34 - Labor and Industrial Relations
Chapter 8 - Employment Security
§ 34-8-70. Duties and Powers of Commissioner
§ 34-8-71. Distribution of Text of Chapter and Other Materials
§ 34-8-72. Appointment of State and Local or Industry Advisory Councils
§ 34-8-74. Appointment, Compensation, Powers, and Duties of Personnel Administering Chapter
§ 34-8-75. Experience Rating Committee
§ 34-8-76. Duties of Commissioner to Reduce and Prevent Unemployment
§ 34-8-78. Board of Review; Appointment, Term of Office, Compensation, and Removal of Members
§ 34-8-79. State and Federal Cooperation in Administration of Chapter
§ 34-8-80. Payment of Compensation Under Two or More State Unemployment Compensation Laws
§ 34-8-83. Establishment, Composition, and Administration of Unemployment Compensation Fund
§ 34-8-85. Withdrawals From Unemployment Trust Fund for Expenditures Under Chapter
§ 34-8-86. Management of Funds Upon Discontinuance of Unemployment Trust Fund
§ 34-8-88. Necessary Powers in Discharge of Duties
§ 34-8-89. Application for Order Requiring Persons to Obey Subpoena Issued by Commissioner