§ 9-2-2602 — Director of department; appointment; removal; duties

(a) With the advice and consent of the senate the governor
shall appoint a director for the department who shall serve
under the direction of the governor and who may be removed by
the governor as provided in W.S. 9-1-202. Appointments and terms
under this section shall be in accordance with W.S. 28-12-101
through 28-12-103.
(b) The director shall:
(i) Disburse and administer all federal funds or
other monies allotted to the department;
(ii) Prescribe by rule, order or regulation the
conditions under which these monies shall be disbursed and
administered. Any audit performed shall comply with the
requirements of W.S. 9-1-507;
(iii) Enter into agreements, not inconsistent with
the laws of the state, required as conditions precedent to
receiving funds or other assistance. Funds appropriated by the
legislature for operation of the department shall be used for
the specified purposes only, and the director, in accepting
funds from any other source, shall not consent to impairment of
the department's statutory responsibilities;
(iv) Hold hearings, administer oaths, subpoena
witnesses and take testimony as provided by the Wyoming
Administrative Procedure Act in all matters relating to the
exercise and performance of the powers and duties vested in the
department;
(v) With the assistance of the attorney general bring
actions in the courts of the state in the name of the
department;
(vi) Promulgate reasonable rules and regulations in
compliance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act;
(vii) Appoint a separate administrator for each of
the divisions of the department of workforce services and may
discharge the administrators as provided in W.S. 9-2-
1706(c)(ii);
(viii) Provide information and guidance to employers
and employees regarding workplace injuries as specified under
this paragraph. The director shall widely disseminate
information about the resources available to employers and
employees under this paragraph and shall provide information and
guidance regarding:
(A) The rights and responsibilities of employers
and employees under the law;
(B) The administrative processes available for
resolving workers' compensation claims when an employer and
employee are subject to the Worker's Compensation Act;
(C) The completion of forms required under any
applicable administrative process;
(D) Available local, state and federal financial
assistance, rehabilitation and work placement programs, as well
as other social services that the director considers
appropriate; and
(E) Available liability insurance or industrial
insurance providers offering coverage for self-insured
employers.
(ix) Provide information and guidance to the board of
trustees in each school district regarding the availability of
registered apprenticeship programs, student learner agreements
and on-the-job training available to students for pay, school
credit or both, including:
(A) The rights and responsibilities of school
districts, employers, student learners and student employees
participating in apprenticeship programs, student learner
agreements or on-the-job training under state and federal law;
and
(B) Available local, state and federal financial
assistance for placement of students in apprenticeship programs,
student learner agreements or on-the-job training programs.
(c) In order that there may be established and maintained
in the state of Wyoming a system of public employment offices,
in conformity with an act of congress approved June 6, 1933,
providing for the establishment of a national employment system
and for cooperation with the states of the promotion of the
system and for other purposes, the state of Wyoming accepts the
provisions of the act of congress and designates the director of
the department of workforce services as its agent in whom is
vested all powers necessary to cooperate with the United States
department of labor in the establishment and maintenance in
Wyoming of a system of employment offices under the control of
the United States secretary of labor and to do all things which
are necessary under the federal act to obtain the benefits which
are available to the state under the provisions of the federal
act.
(d) Not later than October 2 of each year, the department
shall include information regarding optional employers and their
classifications in the report required under W.S. 27-14-201(c).
(e) Not later than October 1 of each year, the department
shall report to the joint minerals, business and economic
development interim committee and the joint education interim
committee on the provision of information to boards of trustees
in each school district as required under paragraph (b)(ix) of
this section. The report shall include information on efforts
each school district has taken to link the program opportunities
specified in paragraph (b)(ix) of this section to the provision
of school credit to students for completing those program
opportunities. Information about available apprenticeships,
student learner agreements and on-the-job training opportunities
in each school district shall be made available on the school
district's website.