§ 3153 — General functions and purposes

The Department, in conducting the employment service, shall promote and develop an employment office or system of employment offices, in order:

(1) That employers seeking workers and the unemployed without cost to either may be referred to each other;

(2) To provide adequate quarters and facilities for the registration of employees and for the receipt of orders from employers;

(3) To provide prior opportunity of employment to citizens of Delaware and of the United States, except when such are unavailable and not qualified;

(4) To cooperate in the administration of unemployment insurance laws;

(5) To provide complete responsible records of all applicants;

(6) To reduce the wageless period between jobs and the resulting drain on savings, credit and social agencies;

(7) To develop and operate a technique by which workers in obsolete or similar occupations may be economically absorbed in a gainful occupation;

(8) To provide facilities by which those in need of rehabilitation or readjustment may be absorbed in private industry with mutual advantage;

(9) To provide information to juniors and those responsible for their training and influence in choosing the proper occupations;

(10) To reduce the cost to industry of procurement, sifting out and turnover;

(11) To provide existing facilities for government and industry in a period of national emergency;

(12) To provide for the clearance of labor to work opportunities between Delaware and the other states; and

(13) To cooperate in the dissemination of employment information and trends and with other public bodies to the end that governmental administration and legislation will have additional, necessary and accurate facts for their guidance.

Legislative History

36 Del. Laws, c. 108, § 1 ; 40 Del. Laws, c. 109, § 5 ; Code 1935, § 2616; 19 Del. C. 1953, § 3153; 57 Del. Laws, c. 669, § 4G ; 58 Del. Laws, c. 522, § 2