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Interim labor commissioner asks appropriations committee to fund a 13th investigator to reduce backlog
Summary
The Department of Labor and Human Rights requested full funding for a previously unfunded investigator position and a biennial budget of $3,495,709 to help clear a caseload backlog and increase enforcement and outreach capacity.
Zachary Greenberg, interim commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights, asked the Senate Appropriations Committee Human Resources Division to approve a biennial budget of $3,495,709 and full funding for the departments 13th FTE so the agency can reduce its pending case backlog and increase investigative capacity.
Why it matters: The department enforces state human-rights and housing-discrimination statutes and Wage and Hour laws; clearing a backlog shortens the time victims and employers wait for determinations and potential remedies.
Key points from testimony
- Budget and request: Greenberg told the committee the department is requesting $3,495,709 for the biennium, composed of $2,965,443 in general-fund authority and $530,266 in federal funding authority. He said the department currently has 13 positions…
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