2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 — Labor and worker's compensation
RS 23:1805 — Functions

§1805. Functions

A. The office shall refer each eligible person to any of the following: job placement and employment training programs, the institutional and work experience program, the public service employment program, or a suitable combination of these programs. The office shall coordinate with comprehensive employment training act sponsors and others to identify available training and public service employment opportunities.

B. Any participant evaluated by the office and determined to have marketable skills shall immediately be placed in the job referral and job placement program. Each of these participants shall be referred to jobs available through listings with the office for which the participant possesses the requisite job skills. Each job referral shall set forth the time and place for the participant to report and apply for employment and shall be subject to priorities set forth in federal laws.

C. The office shall provide to all eligible persons and volunteers the following job market information and referral services as appropriate:

(1) Information on jobs available through listings with the office.

(2) Screening of the person's work application against current open job orders by office staff and referral to employers as appropriate.

(3) Individual job development efforts if indicated by the person's work experience and current labor demands.

(4) Providing leads to job opportunities not listed with the office, and methods of seeking out such job opportunities.

(5) Career guidance information and other job-related information such as announcements of civil service examinations, and

(6) Placing the person's work application in office's files to permit further exposure to job openings from file search activities.

D.(1) The office shall develop a written employability plan which shall set forth the occupational goal and the type of work opportunity program necessary to reach that goal for those participants who are not found to have marketable skills and who are not assigned to the job placement program.

(2) In order to determine such plan, the office shall consider the following factors:

(a) The work history, including types of jobs previously held, pattern of finding and losing jobs, and work habits.

(b) The present skill level, educational background and manpower service needs.

(c) Any impact of the person's personal situation on employability potential.

(3) The office shall reassess individual employability plans as labor market conditions change or as individual circumstances change.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 512, §1, eff. July 12, 1978.