2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 96 - Employment Security.
§ 96-20. Duties of Division; conformance to Wagner-Peyser Act; organization; director; employees.

Article 3.

Employment Service Division.

§ 96‑20.  Duties of Division; conformance to Wagner‑Peyser Act; organization; director; employees.

The Employment Service Division of the Employment Security  Commission shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this Chapter, and for the purpose of performing such duties as are within the purview of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of a national employment system and for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such system and for other purposes," approved June 6, 1933, (48 Stat., 113; U.S.C., Title 29, section 49(c), as amended). The said Division shall be administered by a full‑time salaried director. The Employment Security Commission shall be charged with the duty to cooperate with any official or agency of the United States having powers or duties under the provisions of the said act of Congress, as amended, and to do and perform all things necessary to secure to this State the benefits of the said act of Congress, as amended, in the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. The provisions of the said act of Congress, as amended, are hereby accepted by this State, in conformity with section 4 of said act, and this State will observe and comply with the requirements thereof. The Employment Security Commission is hereby designated and constituted the agency of this State for the purpose of said act. The Commission is directed to appoint the director, other officers, and employees of the Employment Service Division. (Ex. Sess. 1936, c. 1, s. 12; 1941, c. 108, s. 11; 1947, c. 326, s. 24.)