7350 Department of Industrial Relations
Program Descriptions

70 - DIVISION OF LABOR STATISTICS AND RESEARCH

The program objective is to administer the prevailing wage program and to determine and publish the prevailing wage rates for public works projects.

The program also coordinates with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health in measuring the effectiveness of accident and illness prevention efforts in the workplace, provides accurate information pertaining to industrial relations from an impartial source on short notice, to help inform legislative and administrative decisions by state and local government.