Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 871 - Workforce Development Department › Chapter 1 - Administration › Rule 871-1.1 - Mission and Overall Organization

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Mission.
The department of
			 workforce development will commit its resources to Iowa's prosperity by working
			 to ensure the income security, productivity, safety and health of
			 Iowans.
(2)
Vision.
The department of workforce development will strive to provide safe workplaces,
			 provide a productive and economically secure workforce, provide all Iowans with
			 access to workforce development services and become a model workplace.
(3)
Overall organization.
The
			 chief executive officer of the department is the director of the department of
			 workforce development who shall be appointed by the governor with the approval of
			 two-thirds of the members of the senate and is responsible directly to the
			 governor. The director shall serve as the secretary to the Iowa workforce
			 development board.
(4)
Operation and administration.
For ease of operation and
			 administration of responsibilities assigned to it, the director has organized the
			 department into six divisions which are further divided into bureaus, sections
			 and units. The director has general supervision over the administration and
			 operation of the department. The director shall prepare, administer, and control
			 the budget of the department and its divisions and shall approve employment of
			 all personnel of the department and its divisions. The director can set aside any
			 portion of funds appropriated to the department for allocation to Innovation
			 Zones as long as the set-aside is consistent with state and federal
			 laws.
(5)
Division of
			 customer and administrative services.
The division is under the
			 direction of a division administrator who reports to the director and is
			 responsible for administrative support. A specific description of the division is
			 contained in 871-Chapter 2.
(6)
Division of workers' compensation.
The division is the office of
			 the industrial commissioner with the functions to administer, inform, regulate,
			 and enforce the workers' compensation, occupational disease and occupational
			 hearing loss laws as provided in Iowa Code chapters 85, 85A, 85B, 86 and 87. A
			 specific description of the division is contained in 876-Chapter 1.
(7)
Division of labor
			 services.
The division is the office of the labor commissioner with the
			 function to administer, inform, regulate, and enforce the labor laws as provided
			 in Iowa Code chapters 88, 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 91, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E,
			 92, 94, and 95, and Iowa Code sections
			 30.7 and
			 327F.37. The division consists of
			 four bureaus: occupational health and safety enforcement, occupational safety and
			 health consultation and education, inspections and reporting, and employee
			 protection. A specific description of the division is contained in 875-Chapter
			 1.
(8)
Division of research
			 and information services.
The division is under the direction of a
			 division administrator who reports to the director. The divisions' functions
			 include planning, researching, analyzing, directing and coordinating labor market
			 information and automated services for the department. A specific description of
			 the division is contained in 871-Chapter 10.
(9)
Division of unemployment insurance
			 services.
The division is under the direction of a division
			 administrator who reports to the director. The division's function is to
			 administer, inform, regulate and enforce the unemployment insurance laws as
			 provided in Iowa Code chapter 96. A specific description of the division is
			 contained in 871-Chapter 21.
(10)
Division of workforce development center administration.
The
			 division is under the direction of a division administrator who reports to the
			 director. The division's function is to administer, inform, regulate and enforce
			 workforce development issues and services such as employment, training and
			 placement as provided in Iowa Code chapters 7B, 84A and 96. A specific
			 description of division responsibilities is contained in 877-Chapter 2.
(11)
Office of workforce development
			 policy.
The staff report to the director. The office develops and
			 analyzes policy options, reviews the operations and performance of the workforce
			 development system, coordinates staff support to the Iowa workforce development
			 board and to Iowa's human resource investment council, and prepares strategic
			 plans for workforce development in Iowa. The office coordinates with other state
			 departments, other divisions in the department and partners and stakeholders in
			 other sectors concerning workforce development policy matters.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapter
				84A.