Sec. 1.5. (a) The department shall do the following:
(1) Administer the Wagner-Peyser program, the WIOA, a free public labor exchange, and related federal and state employment and training programs as directed by the governor.
(2) Formulate and implement an employment and training plan as required by the WIOA, and the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.).
(3) Coordinate activities with all state agencies and departments that either provide employment and training related services or operate appropriate resources or facilities, to maximize Indiana's efforts to provide employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals, dislocated workers, and others with substantial barriers to employment.
(4) Apply for, receive, disburse, allocate, and account for all funds, grants, gifts, and contributions of money, property, labor, and other things of value from public and private sources, including grants from agencies and instrumentalities of the state and the federal government.
(5) Enter into agreements with the United States government that may be required as a condition of obtaining federal funds related to activities of the department.
(6) Enter into contracts or agreements and cooperate with local governmental units or corporations, including profit or nonprofit corporations, or combinations of units and corporations to carry out the duties of the department imposed by this chapter, including contracts for the establishment and administration of employment and training offices and the delegation of the department's administrative, monitoring, and program responsibilities and duties set forth in this article.
(7) Perform other services and activities that are specified in contracts for payments or reimbursement of the costs made with the Secretary of Labor, any federal, state, or local public agency or administrative entity, or a private for-profit or nonprofit organization under the WIOA.
(8) Enter into contracts or agreements and cooperate with entities that provide career and technical education to carry out the duties imposed by this article.
(9) Serve as the state advisory body required under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 under 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq., including reauthorizations of WIOA.
(b) The department shall distribute federal funds made available for employment training in accordance with:
(1) the WIOA, and other applicable federal laws; and
(2) the plan prepared under subsection (c)(1).
(c) In addition to the duties prescribed in subsections (a) and (b), the department shall do the following:
(1) Implement the postsecondary career and technical education programming plan prepared under IC 22-4.1-19-4 (before its repeal).
(2) Upon request of the budget director, prepare a legislative budget request for state and federal funds for employment training. The budget director shall determine the period to be covered by the budget request.
(3) Make or cause to be made studies of the needs for various types of programs that are related to employment training and authorized under the WIOA.
(4) Distribute state funds made available for employment training that have been appropriated by the general assembly in accordance with the general assembly appropriation.
(5) Collect from each employer subject to IC 22-4 the following information in the form and manner prescribed by the department:
(A) The Standard Occupational Classification code applicable to each employee as prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor or primary job title as recorded and reported by the employer.
(B) Whether each employee is:
(i) classified by the employer as full-time, part-time, intern, or apprentice; or
(ii) designated as a seasonal worker pursuant to a decision issued by the department.
(C) The hourly rate of pay for each employee.
(6) Enter into data sharing agreements and transmit the data collected under subdivision (5), in addition to any other relevant data, to agencies deemed appropriate by the department for:
(A) assessing outcomes of education and workforce programs;
(B) evaluating educational and workforce training investments;
(C) informing labor market analysis; and
(D) conducting economic research.
(7) Minimize employer reporting burdens, where feasible, through:
(A) aligning and streamlining definitions and requirements for quarterly wage and employment reports;
(B) deploying user friendly application programming interfaces; and
(C) other means to simplify reporting processes.
(8) Establish an employer outreach and communications campaign in collaboration with statewide business and industry associations to increase the number of employers that report accurate data under subdivision (5).
As added by P.L.69-2015, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.152-2018, SEC.23; P.L.138-2025, SEC.10; P.L.213-2025, SEC.276.
