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AK Stat § 23.15.430 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.430. Agency to maintain register.

An employment agency shall keep a register containing the name and address of each applicant, the date registered, and the amount of fee received.
AK Stat § 23.15.440 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.440. Records open to inspection.

All registers, books, records, and other papers kept under AS 23.15.330 - 23.15.520 shall be open to the inspection of the department at all reasonable times. The agency shall furnish a copy of a record or report to the department within 30 days of the request.
AK Stat § 23.15.450 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.450. Applicant's receipt.

An agency shall give to an applicant for employment from whom a fee is to be received a receipt. The receipt must contain (1) the name, address, and telephone number of the employment agency; (2) the name of the applicant; (3) the name and address of the person to whom the applicant is sent for employment, and the address to which the applicant is to report for work; (4) the amount of the fee charged and collected from the applicant; (5) the kind of work to be performed, the wages or salary, and other conditions of employment.
AK Stat § 23.15.460 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.460. Schedule of fees.

A person conducting an employment agency shall file a schedule of its fees with the department. The agency may change the fee schedule, but a change is not effective until seven days after it is filed with the department and until it is posted for not less than seven days in a conspicuous place in the agency. The agency shall post a copy of the fee schedule in the agency in a conspicuous place frequented by applicants for help or employment.
AK Stat § 23.15.470 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.470. Maximum fees.

After notice and hearing the department shall set a maximum schedule of fees. The department may review the schedule every two years after giving notice and hearing.
AK Stat § 23.15.480 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.480. Return of fees.

If the applicant paying a cash fee fails to obtain employment, the agency shall, upon demand, return the amount of the fee to the applicant within 48 hours.
AK Stat § 23.15.490 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.490. Prohibited acts.

An employment agency may not (1) send out an applicant for employment without having a bona fide request from an employer; (2) send a person to an employer for the purpose of assisting or conducting an illegitimate business or practice; (3) place a child in employment in violation of the child labor laws; (4) divide or offer to divide a fee with an employer; (5) make a charge that does not conform with the schedule of fees; (6) falsify a record of the agency; (7) write, publish, or have published false, fraudulent, or misleading information, representation, notice, or advertisement concerning a job opportunity; (8) send an applicant for employment to a place where a strike or lockout exists without informing the applicant of the existence of the strike or lockout.
AK Stat § 23.15.500 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.500. Department may adopt regulations.

The department may adopt regulations consistent with AS 23.15.330 - 23.15.520.
AK Stat § 23.15.510 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.510. Violations.

A person who wilfully violates any provision of AS 23.15.330 - 23.15.520 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both. However, this section does not apply to the violation of the requirement under AS 23.15.390 to comply with AS 43.70.
AK Stat § 23.15.520 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 3. Employment Agencies.|Sec. 23.15.520. Definitions.

In AS 23.15.330 - 23.15.520, (1) “employment agency” or “agency” means a person engaged in the business of furnishing employment or help, or giving information as to where employment or help may be obtained, or furnishing information regarding employment, or displaying an employment sign or bulletin, or, through the medium of a card, circular, or pamphlet, or otherwise offering to obtain employment or help, or a person who offers employment information through communications media, including, but not limited to, radio, television, and newspapers; (2) “fee” means money or other valuable consideration received by a person, paid or promised to be paid for services given to or be given by a person conducting an employment agency.
AK Stat § 23.15.550 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 4. Alaska Workforce Investment Board.|Sec. 23.15.550. Alaska Workforce Investment Board.

(a) The Alaska Workforce Investment Board is established in the department. The board consists of the following voting members, not to exceed 26: (1) the lieutenant governor or the lieutenant governor's designee; (2) the commissioners of commerce, community, and economic development, education and early development, health and social services, and labor and workforce development, or each respective commissioner's designee; (3) one representative from the University of Alaska; (4) four additional representatives of education, with one from local public education, one from secondary vocational education, one from a postsecondary vocational education institution, and one from adult basic education; (5) four representatives of business and industry; (6) four representatives of organized labor whom the governor shall appoint from lists of nominees submitted by recognized state labor organizations; the governor may reject a list submitted under this paragraph and request that another list be submitted; (7) at least one representative from an organization representing employment and training needs of Alaska Natives; (8) at least one representative of a community-based service organization; (9) at least one representative who has personal or professional experience with developmental disabilities; (10) at least one veteran; in this paragraph, “veteran” has the meaning given in AS 43.20.048(f); (11) at least one and up to four additional members of the private sector to ensure a private sector majority and regional and local representation on the board. (b) Additional nonvoting members may be appointed to the board from government or nongovernment entities. (c) A member of the board under (a) of this section may appoint a designee to serve in place of the member. The member shall appoint the designee in writing.
AK Stat § 23.15.555 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 4. Alaska Workforce Investment Board.|Sec. 23.15.555. Appointment and term of members.

(a) Members of the Alaska Workforce Investment Board other than those listed in AS 23.15.550(a)(1) and (2) are appointed by the governor and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor may appoint one person to fill two or more of the places listed in AS 23.15.550(a) if the person is qualified in all of the areas the person represents. A member appointed to fill more than one place under this subsection is entitled to only one vote and may appoint only one designee to replace the member in the event the member is unable to attend a meeting. (b) The voting members of the board other than those listed in AS 23.15.550(a)(1) and (2) serve for staggered four-year terms and may serve until a successor is appointed. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made in the same manner as the original appointment and for the balance of the unexpired term. (c) The governor shall ensure that individuals appointed to the board have sufficient expertise to effectively carry out the duties of the board. Expertise of the board includes, where appropriate, knowledge of the long-term needs of individuals preparing to enter the work force; the needs of local, state, and regional labor markets; and the methods for evaluating the effectiveness of vocational training programs in serving varying populations.
AK Stat § 23.15.560 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 4. Alaska Workforce Investment Board.|Sec. 23.15.560. Compensation.

Members of the Alaska Workforce Investment Board listed in or appointed under AS 23.15.550(a), including a designee of a member attending in place of the member, serve without compensation but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for boards and commissions under AS 39.20.180. Nonvoting members of the board appointed under AS 23.15.550(b) serve without compensation and are not entitled to per diem and travel expenses. A commissioner appointed under AS 23.15.550(a)(2) or the commissioner's designee is entitled to per diem and travel expenses as a state employee.
AK Stat § 23.15.565 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 4. Alaska Workforce Investment Board.|Sec. 23.15.565. Officers.

The Alaska Workforce Investment Board shall elect a chair and a vice-chair from among the members listed in or appointed under AS 23.15.550(a)(5). The chair and vice-chair serve in their positions at the pleasure of the board.
AK Stat § 23.15.575 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 4. Alaska Workforce Investment Board.|Sec. 23.15.575. Board as state planning entity.

The Alaska Workforce Investment Board shall act as the lead state planning and coordinating entity for state human resource programs administered under (1) 29 U.S.C. 2801 - 2945 (Workforce Investment Act of 1998); (2) 20 U.S.C. 2301 - 2471 (Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act); (3) 29 U.S.C. 49 - 49l-1 (Wagner - Peyser Act); (4) federal law for work programs for needy families with children under the Social Security Act; (5) the employment program established under 7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4) (Food Stamp Act of 1977); (6) all federal programs designated as successors to the programs listed in (1) - (5) of this section; and (7) all state laws involving employment training, vocational education, and workforce development.
AK Stat § 23.15.585 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 4. Alaska Workforce Investment Board.|Sec. 23.15.585. Administration.

(a) The governor shall appoint the executive director for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board. The department shall provide professional, technical, and administrative staff for the Alaska Workforce Investment Board. (b) Subject to legislative appropriations, and in accordance with AS 37.07 (Executive Budget Act), the board's budget is funded from programs for which the board is the lead state planning and coordinating entity under AS 23.15.575.
AK Stat § 23.15.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.620. State training and employment program.

(a) A program is created in the department to provide grants to eligible persons who provide training and employment assistance services. The purpose of the program is to enhance the quality of in-state job training and employment assistance and to make in-state job training and employment assistance more easily available to employers, employees, and future employees. To foster the success of the program, the department shall, to the greatest extent feasible, combine the resources of the program with resources available outside of the program. (b) A person who provides training and employment services may apply for a grant from the program and may use the grant to augment or improve public access to the training and employment services provided, including a registered apprenticeship program under 29 U.S.C. 50.
AK Stat § 23.15.625 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.625. Employment assistance and training program account.

The employment assistance and training program account is established in the general fund. The commissioner of administration shall separately account for money collected under AS 23.15.630 that the department deposits in the general fund. The annual estimated balance in the account may be appropriated by the legislature to the department to implement AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660. The legislature may appropriate the lapsing balance of the account to the unemployment compensation fund established in AS 23.20.130.
AK Stat § 23.15.630 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.630. Special employee unemployment credit and contributions for program.

(a) In the manner provided in AS 23.20, the department shall collect from each employee an amount equal to one-tenth of one percent of the wages, as set out in AS 23.20.175, on which the employee is required to make contributions under AS 23.20.290(d). The department shall remit to the Department of Revenue, in accordance with AS 37.10.050, money collected under this subsection. (b) Notwithstanding AS 23.20.290(d), the department shall credit each employee with an amount equal to the amount collected from the employee under (a) of this section against unemployment contributions owed by the employee under AS 23.20. (c) The department shall assess and collect, under AS 23.20.185 - 23.20.275, interest and penalties for delinquent reports and payments due under this section. Interest and penalties collected shall be handled in accordance with AS 23.20.130(d).
AK Stat § 23.15.635 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.635. People to be served.

Within the limits of its grant, an employment assistance and training entity receiving a grant under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660 shall provide services set out in AS 23.15.641 to state residents who, immediately before beginning training or receiving benefits under a grant financed by this program, (1) are unemployed and (A) are receiving unemployment insurance benefits; or (B) have exhausted the right to unemployment insurance benefits within the past three years; or (2) are employed, but liable to be displaced because of (A) reductions in overall employment within a business; (B) elimination of the worker's current job; or (C) a change in conditions of employment requiring that, to remain employed, the employee must learn substantially different skills that the employee does not now possess.
AK Stat § 23.15.636 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.636. Implementation of program.

The department and the board shall jointly implement the program as follows: (1) after review and approval by the board, the department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 to implement AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660 and to regulate the distribution and accounting of grants awarded under the program; (2) the department may use financial resources of the program to cover some or all of the department's cost of administering the program and may also distribute financial resources of the program through grants, the purchase of services or other contracts, or other mechanisms authorized by state law; (3) the department may enter into interagency agreements with the University of Alaska and other state agencies for the provision of training and employment assistance under the program; (4) after annual review and approval by the board, the department shall annually establish priorities for the provision of training and employment assistance services under AS 23.15.641 to eligible participants under AS 23.15.643; in setting priorities, the department shall consider unemployment statistics, unemployment insurance claims, projections of occupational and industrial workforce demand, availability of other training and employment assistance programs, available funding, and other relevant information; when awarding or financing grants under the program, the department may give preference to financing projects and services that train or assist individuals in vocations, businesses, or industries identified in the resident hire report required under AS 36.10.130 as employing a disproportionate percentage of nonresident individuals; (5) the board shall assist in the evaluation of proposals for grants and make recommendations to the department regarding which grants should be awarded by the program; the department may distribute financial resources of the program to the board to pay for some or all of the board's costs, existing or anticipated, that are related to evaluating or awarding proposed grants or grants that have been awarded.
AK Stat § 23.15.641 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.641. Eligibility of grantees; use of assistance received.

(a) To be eligible for a grant to help cover the cost of providing training and employment assistance, a person shall (1) meet or exceed the requirements of AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660 and regulations adopted under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660; (2) offer training or employment assistance services that meet the requirements of regulations adopted under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660; (3) be a governmental agency, a private business, an employer, or an organization exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) (Internal Revenue Code); and (4) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department and the board that (A) the person's accounting system is organized and maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, promotes efficiency, ensures compliance with program requirements, and can be audited at the department's direction with not more than a reasonable amount of effort and expense; and (B) grants awarded under the program will be used only as allowed under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660. (b) A recipient of a grant awarded under the program may use the grant to provide any of the following training and employment assistance services to eligible participants: (1) industry-specific training; (2) on-the-job training, including apprentice training in a registered apprenticeship program under 29 U.S.C. 50; (3) institutional or classroom job-linked training; (4) support services, including financial allowances and relocation expenses that the department determines are reasonably necessary to enable an eligible participant to receive training and employment assistance; (5) assistance considered necessary to help an eligible participant obtain or retain a job for which training and employment assistance provided under the program has prepared the eligible participant; (6) purchases of basic tools, work clothing, safety gear, or other items the eligible participant needs to obtain or retain a job for which training and employment assistance provided under the program has prepared the eligible participant; (7) other costs the department determines are necessary to pay in order that an eligible participant can receive training or employment assistance or obtain or retain a job for which the training and employment assistance provided under the program has prepared the eligible participant. (c) The department may allow payment for items described in (b) of this section if the department determines that alternative sources of financing have been exhausted or are unavailable to the eligible participant or that a grant from the program is otherwise required so that, when combined with other available financing, the grant will enable an eligible participant to receive training or employment assistance approved by the department.
AK Stat § 23.15.643 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.643. Eligibility of program participants.

The department and a person awarded a grant under the program may use the grant only to provide training and employment assistance services to eligible participants. To be an eligible participant, the person may be employed or employable and shall, at the time of application for training or employment assistance under the program, (1) be a resident of the state; (2) have worked in a position covered by AS 23.20, or similar provisions in another state, at any time during the five years immediately preceding the application; and (3) need training to improve the person's prospects for obtaining or retaining employment.
AK Stat § 23.15.652 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.652. Program accountability.

(a) The department and a person who is awarded a grant to provide training and employment assistance services under the program shall comply with state and federal laws and maintain records, including accounting records, as required by those laws. (b) The department may allocate or authorize the expenditure of not more than 20 percent of the amount appropriated to the program for a fiscal year to pay for administration of the program by the department and the board. (c) The department shall annually prepare and present to the board a report concerning the program and notify the legislature that the report is available.
AK Stat § 23.15.654 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.654. Appeals.

The department shall adopt regulations that provide for an appeal of a denial of a grant application under AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660.
AK Stat § 23.15.660 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation|Chapter 15. Employment Services|Article 5. State Training and Employment Program.|Sec. 23.15.660. Definitions.

In AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660, (1) “board” means the Alaska Workforce Investment Board established in AS 23.15.550; (2) “program” means the state training and employment program established in AS 23.15.620 - 23.15.660.