The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) is a department within the

government of Alaska The government of Alaska in common with state and federal governments of the United States, has three separation of powers, branches of government: the executive branch, executive, consisting of the Governor of Alaska and the state agencies; the ...

which handles most of the state's labor and

workforce In macroeconomics, the workforce or labour force is the sum of people either working (i.e., the employed) or looking for work (i.e., the unemployed): \text = \text + \text Those neither working in the marketplace nor looking for work are out ...

issues, primarily at the administrative level.

Structure

Within the Department of Labor and Workforce Development are the Alaska Workforce Investment Board, the Alaska Vocational Technical Center, the Division of Employment and Training Services, the Labor Relations Agency, the Division of Labor Standards and Safety, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Division of Workers' Compensation. 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 Workforce Development, and hears appeals from decisions of the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board.

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