44-634. Annual reports; duties as to labor and industrial pursuits; enforcement of laws.
44-634
44-634. Annual reports; duties as to labor and industrial pursuits;enforcement of laws.It shall be the duty of the secretary of labor tocollect, assort,arrange and present in annual reports to the governor, to be transmittedbiennially by the governor to the legislature, statistical details relatingto all labor and industrial pursuits in the state; to the subjects ofcooperation,strikes and other labor difficulties; to trade unions and other labororganizationsand their effect upon labor and capital; to other matters relating to thecommercial, industrial, social, educational, moral and sanitary conditionsprevailing within the state; and the exploitation of such other subjectsas will tend to promote the permanent prosperity of the respective industriesof the state.
It shall also be the duty of the secretary oflabor to causeto be enforced all laws regulating the employment of children and minors;all laws established for the protection of health, lives and limbs of operatorsin workshops and factories, on railroads, and other places; and all lawsenacted for the protection of the working classes now in force or that mayhereafter be enacted. In the annual report the secretary of laborshall also give an account of all proceedings which have been taken inaccordancewith the provisions of this act, or any of the other laws herein referredto, and in addition thereto such remarks, suggestions and recommendationsas the secretary of labor may deem necessary forthe informationof the legislature.
History: L. 1898, ch. 34, § 3; R.S. 1923, 44-634;L. 1975, ch. 256, § 3; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 44;L. 2004, ch. 179, § 43; July 1.