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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 24 - Labor » Chapter 7 - Public Employment Service

§ 151. Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to continue in this Code applicable legislation to enable the continuance in the Virgin Islands of a system of free public employment offices for workers seeking employment and for employers seeking workers, and to continue to obtain for the Virgin Islands the benefits of the Act of Congress approved […]

§ 152. Acceptance of Federal law

The Virgin Islands hereby accepts the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act To Provide for the Establishment of a National Employment System and for other Purposes”, approved June 6, 1933 (48 Stat. 113), as amended.

§ 153. Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency; divisions

(a) The Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency, as heretofore established as an independent agency of the Virgin Islands within the Office of the Governor is hereby transferred to and made a division of the Department of Labor as provided by Title 3, section 355(a) of the Code, and said Agency shall be under the general […]

§ 154. Employment Service Administration Fund

There is hereby created in the treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund to be known as the Employment Service Administration Fund. All monies deposited or paid into this fund shall be continuously available to the Director of the Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency for expenditure, solely for the purposes and the amounts found […]

§ 155. Security of bank deposits

Moneys covered into the Employment Service Administration Fund pursuant to the provisions of section 154 of this title shall be secured by the depository bank by collateral in the full amount of the funds on deposit as required by the Virgin Islands law and in compliance with the Bureau of Employment Security fiscal standards.

§ 156. Liability of Commissioner of Finance

The Commissioner of Finance of the Virgin Islands shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful performance of his duties in connection with the Employment Service Administration Fund provided for under this chapter. Such liability on the official bond shall continue to be effective immediately upon the enactment of this Code, and such […]

§ 157. Keeping, appropriation, and expenditure of funds

Moneys placed in the Employment Service Administration Fund of the Virgin Islands Employment Security Agency shall not be commingled with other funds of the Virgin Islands but shall be maintained in a separate account on the books of the Department of Finance. All moneys granted, accruing to or received by said fund are hereby appropriated […]

§ 158. Funds lost or misapplied

If any moneys from the Employment Service Administration Fund are found by the United States Secretary of Labor, because of any action of contingency, to have been lost or to have been expended for purposes other than or in amounts in excess of those determined by the Secretary to be necessary for the proper and […]

§ 160. Political activities of employees; penalties

(a) No officer or employee who is directly or indirectly engaged in the administration of this chapter shall directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command or advise any officer or employee who is appointed pursuant to the requirements and authority of section 153 of this title, to pay, lend, or contribute any part of […]

§ 161. Importation of alien workers; work agreements; wage rates

(a) Any employer who desires to import alien workers for employment shall first notify the Virgin Islands Employment Service as to the unavailability of occupationally qualified residents, the number of alien workers required, and the occupational classification of such workers. The Virgin Islands Employment Service shall thereupon investigate the circumstances and shall cause to be […]

§ 162. Notice of vacancy

Upon receipt of a notice of vacancy for which the employer intends to hire an employee which notice was submitted pursuant to section 303b of Title 27 of this Code, the Director of the Employment Security Agency shall cause such notice to be posted in a public manner.