§21A-2-16. Federal-State Cooperation
The commissioner shall have all powers and duties necessary to secure to the state the benefits of congressional action for the promotion and maintenance of a system of public employment offices. To this end the provisions of the act referred to in the preceding section and such additional congressional action consistent with the above act […]
§21A-2-16a. Work Incentive Program
The Bureau of Employment Programs, by its commissioner, is hereby designated the sponsor or agent of the United States department of labor for the establishment and operation within the State of West Virginia of the work incentive program for recipients of aid under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act. Such work […]
§21A-2-17. Acceptance of Aid
All moneys received by this state under the said act of Congress, as amended, shall be paid into the employment service account, to be expended as provided by this chapter and by said act of Congress. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining free public employment offices, the commissioner may enter into agreements with any […]
§21A-2-4. Offices
The office of the commissioner shall be located at the capitol. The commissioner shall keep his offices open at all reasonable times for the transaction of public business.
§21A-2-5. Traveling Expenses
The commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs shall receive the necessary traveling expenses incident to the performance of his or her duties. Requisition for traveling expenses shall be accompanied by a sworn itemized statement which shall be filed with the Auditor and preserved as a public record.
§21A-2-6. Powers and Duties Generally
The commissioner is the executive and administrative head of Workforce West Virginia and has the power and duty to: (1) Exercise general supervision for the governance of Workforce West Virginia and propose rules for promulgation in accordance with the provisions of 29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to implement the requirements of this chapter;
§21A-2-6a. Reciprocal Agreements
(1) The commissioner may enter into reciprocal arrangements with appropriate and duly authorized agencies of other states or the federal government, or both, whereby:
§21A-2-6b. Commissioner to Be Furnished Information by State Tax Commissioner; Secrecy of Information; Violation a Misdemeanor
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute in this code, specifically, but not exclusively, section five, article ten, chapter eleven of this code, the State Tax Commissioner shall deliver to the commissioner of the Bureau of Employment Programs the following information: The names, addresses and other identifying information of all business receiving a business […]
§21A-2-6c. Payment Withholding and Interception
(a) All state, county, district and municipal officers and agents making contracts on behalf of the State of West Virginia or any political subdivision thereof shall withhold payment in the final settlement of contracts until the receipt of a certificate from the commissioner to the effect that all payments, interest and penalties thereon accrued against […]
§21A-2-8. Assistants and Employees
The commissioner shall appoint, upon a nonpartisan merit basis, the division and unit heads and such assistants and employees as may be necessary to the efficient operation of the bureau. He shall fix their compensation in accordance with the provisions of article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.