§ 531. Regularization of employment. One of the purposes of this
article is to promote the regularization of employment in enterprises,
industries, localities, and the state. The commissioner shall take such
steps as are within his means for the reduction and prevention of
unemployment and to promote the reemployment of all unemployed workers.
To this end the commissioner may employ experts and may carry on and
publish the results of any investigations and research which he deems
relevant, whether or not directly related to the other purposes and
specific provisions of this article. Also to this end, the commissioner
shall undertake investigations of technological developments in industry
in order to obtain information necessary for evaluating the effects of
such developments on the geographical, industrial, and occupational
employment patterns of the state. The commissioner shall also undertake
investigations of occupational training needs of workers unemployed
because of technological developments, the availability of facilities
for this purpose, and ways and means for establishing required
facilities where this step is needed, and shall co-operate to this end
with appropriate education authorities. The commissioner shall bring
the findings of such investigations to the attention of education
authorities, labor organizations, employers and other appropriate
bodies, public and private, in order that educational and training
efforts shall be appropriate to the changing occupational needs of
industry and shall be channeled in the direction of expanding
occupational opportunities for the labor force. The commissioner shall
also utilize such findings in connection with his responsibilities for
the development and encouragement of, and recruitment for,
apprenticeship training activities. The commissioner shall by these and
other appropriate means assist labor and management in the development
of higher occupational skills commensurate with the changing
requirements of industry in the state.