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information as the United States Secretary of Labor may from time to time require; and shall comply with such provisions as the United States Secretary of Labor may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and shall comply with the regulations prescribed by the United States Secretary of Labor governing the expenditure of such sums as may be allotted and paid to this State under any of such federal acts.

Upon request therefor, the department shall furnish to any agency of the United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment, the name, address, ordinary occupation and employment status of each recipient of benefits and such recipient's rights to further benefits under this chapter.

The department may afford reasonable cooperation with every agency of the United States charged with the administration of any unemployment insurance law.

The department is authorized to make such investigations and exercise such of the other powers provided herein with respect to the administration of this chapter and to transmit such information and make available such services and facilities to the agency charged with the administration of any State or federal unemployment insurance or public employment service law as it deems necessary or appropriate to facilitate the administration of such law and to accept and utilize information, services and facilities made available to this State by such agency.

The department shall adopt regulations prescribed by the United States Secretary of Labor to address state unemployment tax avoidance and to insure that the transfer or acquisition of a business is not done for the specific purpose of avoiding higher contribution rates.

(l) The controller shall establish procedures to identify employers who engage in the transfer or acquisition of a business, trade or organization for the purposes of achieving an unemployment tax rate unrelated to employment experience.

Amended 1939, c.94, s.4; 1940, c.252, s.2; 1952, c.187, s.5; 1961, c.43, s.7; 1984, c.24, s.8; 2005, c.239, s.2.

43:21-11.1. Administration; agricultural workers

The Department of Labor shall take any actions as the commissioner deems necessary to improve the administration of the unemployment compensation program as it concerns agricultural workers. The actions shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

a. Strengthening the enforcement of the provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of R.S. 43:21-5 concerning the disqualification of applicants for benefits as the provisions apply to agricultural workers;

b. Making bilingual forms available for all Spanish speaking agricultural workers applying for or receiving benefits; and