KRS 341.180: Employment stabilization.

Upon direction of the Governor, the secretary with the advice and aid of the advisory

councils, shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent unemployment; encourage

and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retrainin g and

vocational guidance; investigate, recommend, advise, and assist in the establishment and

operation by cities, counties, school districts and the state, of reserves for public works to

be used in times of business depression and unemployment; and to p romote the

employment of unemployed workers throughout the state in every feasible way, and to

these ends to carry on and publish the results of investigations and research studies.