N.Y. Labor Law § 531: Regularization of employment

§ 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.