§ 8-1-122 — Inquiries - scope - report

(1) The director shall inquire into the
general condition of labor in the principal industries in the state of Colorado and
especially in those which are carried on in corporate forms; into existing relations
between employers and employees; into the effect of industrial conditions on public
welfare and into the rights and powers of the community to deal therewith; into the
conditions of sanitation and safety of employees and the provisions for protecting
the life, limb, and health of the employees; into relations existing between lessees
of state lands and the state as to production and royalties or rentals paid and the
relations between said lessees and their employees with respect to wages paid and
conditions of labor; into the growth of associations of employers and wage earners
and the effect of such associations upon the relations between employers and
employees; into the extent and results of methods of collective bargaining; into any
methods which have been tried in any state or in foreign countries for maintaining
mutually satisfactory relations between employees and employers; into methods of
avoiding or adjusting labor disputes through peaceable and conciliatory mediation
and negotiations; and into the scope, methods, and resources of existing bureaus of
labor and possible ways of increasing their efficiency and usefulness.

(2) The director shall seek to discover the underlying causes of
dissatisfaction in the industrial situation, take all necessary means and methods
within the powers of such director as provided by law, to alleviate the same, and
report such remedial legislation as in the judgment of the director may be
advisable, with his recommendations thereon. Such report shall accompany the
annual report required in section 8-1-107 (2)(j).

Legislative History

Source: L. 15: p. 576, � 26. C.L. � 4350. CSA: C. 97, � 28. CRS 53: � 80-1-26. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-1-26. L. 64: p. 147, � 81. L. 69: p. 582, � 40.