Section 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.Amended by Laws 2023, ch. 42,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by Laws 2022 , ch. 26, § 1, eff. 7/1/2022.