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§6.  Powers and duties

In addition to any other powers and duties which may be conferred upon the secretary by law, he shall:

(1)  Collect, collate, and publish statistical and other information relating to employment conditions of workers, and make public such reports as in his judgment he may deem necessary, including printing of departmental laws, rules and regulations or other legal publications as would be helpful to any person affected by such laws, rules and regulations.  The secretary shall make such publications available for a fee, not to exceed the basic printing, mailing and handling costs plus twenty percent of any such publication and same shall be retained and disbursed by the secretary.  This fee would be excluded when furnishing mandatory issues to governmental agencies.  Further, such publications may be made available electronically either for or without such a fee.

(2)  Enforce all labor laws.

(3)  Do all in his power to promote the voluntary conciliation of disputes between employers and employees to avoid the necessity of resorting to discriminations and legal proceedings in matters of employment.  The secretary shall designate a deputy for the purpose of executing these provisions and may detail other deputies as his assistants.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 283, §1; Acts 1974, No. 297, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §9.