The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) is a department within the government of Alaska which handles most of the state's

labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the la ...

and

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issues, primarily at the administrative level.

Structure

Within the Department of Labor are the Alaska Workforce Development Board, the Labor Relations Agency, the Division of Labor Standards and Safety, the Division of Workers' Compensation, and the Division of Employment Security. The Alaska Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission, although organizationally distinct from the Division of Workers' Compensation, is under the umbrella of the Department of Labor, and hears appeals from decisions of the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board.

References

External links

Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development official website

Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the la ...

State departments of labor of the United States {{Alaska-stub