Labor and Workforce Development
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Income Insurance
Program: Unemployment Insurance
For the purpose of providing economic stability through a weekly benefit payment to workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own and are actively seeking work.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$71,760,473 |
$73,000,000 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$71,760,473 |
$73,000,000 |
Totals |
$71,760,473 |
$73,000,000 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Income Insurance
Program: Workers Compensation
For the purpose of administering the workers' compensation system to provide prompt and fair compensation to workers who are injured or become sick on the job including taking action against employers that are in violation of the law. Activities include payment and adjustment of claims, utilization review, rehabilitation, investigations, and medical claims processing.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Industrial Accidents |
$19,522,205 |
$19,852,999 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$19,522,205 |
$19,852,999 |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$88,657,526 |
$88,340,737 |
Trust Spending |
$88,657,526 |
$88,340,737 |
Human Resources Division |
$52,057 |
$52,057 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$52,057 |
$52,057 |
Totals |
$108,231,787 |
$108,245,793 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Job Search and Placement
Program: General Job Search and Placement
For the purpose of providing job matching services and job search support to all job seekers, including health care workers.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Career Services |
$4,494,467 |
$4,494,467 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$4,494,467 |
$4,494,467 |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$28,097,054 |
$19,809,531 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$28,097,054 |
$19,809,531 |
Totals |
$32,591,520 |
$24,303,998 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Job Search and Placement
Program: Refugee and Immigrant Employment Support
For the purpose of assisting refugees and immigrants who face a wide range of cultural and linguistic barriers to employment and who are also receiving state benefits to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Transitional Assistance |
$530,191 |
$496,058 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$530,191 |
$496,058 |
Totals |
$530,191 |
$496,058 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Job Search and Placement
Program: Veterans Employment Support
For the purpose of helping veterans transition to civilian work by developing a comprehensive job and training plan.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$3,002,000 |
$2,303,434 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$3,002,000 |
$2,303,434 |
Totals |
$3,002,000 |
$2,303,434 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Job Search and Placement
Program: Youth Employment Support
For the purpose of providing employment, educational and work readiness services to young people including tutoring and dropout prevention, English as a second language courses, leadership development, mentoring, and guidance counseling.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Career Services |
$19,000,000 |
$12,000,000 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$19,000,000 |
$12,000,000 |
Department of Children and Families |
$2,000,000 |
$2,000,000 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$2,000,000 |
$2,000,000 |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$12,803,985 |
$12,099,766 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$12,803,985 |
$12,099,766 |
Totals |
$33,803,985 |
$26,099,766 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Labor Relations
Program: Mediation and Adjudication of Labor Disputes
For the purpose of assisting with the prevention of or prompt settlement of labor disputes.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Labor Relations |
$2,195,389 |
$2,249,659 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$2,195,389 |
$2,249,659 |
Totals |
$2,195,389 |
$2,249,659 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Labor Relations
Program: Wage Enforcement
For the purpose of enforcing compliance with state and Federal wage and related labor laws through prosecution of offenders, education of employers and employees about prevailing wage, minimum wage, payment of wages, overtime, tip pooling, and child labor laws.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Office of the Attorney General |
$3,532,371 |
$3,532,371 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$3,532,371 |
$3,532,371 |
Totals |
$3,532,371 |
$3,532,371 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Labor and Workforce Development General Operations
Program: Labor and Workforce Development Central Administration
For the purpose of providing labor and workforce development business operations that support multiple programs and cannot be allocated to specific programmatic areas. Activities may include executive oversight, developing strategic plans, giving policy guidance, and other miscellaneous support functions.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$4,960,394 |
$4,885,394 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$75,000 |
$0 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$4,885,394 |
$4,885,394 |
Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development |
$429,074 |
$471,317 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$429,074 |
$471,317 |
Totals |
$5,389,468 |
$5,356,711 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Labor and Workforce Development General Operations
Program: Labor and Workforce Development Contracts and Legal Services
For the purpose of providing labor and workforce development contract and legal services that support multiple programs and cannot be allocated to specific programmatic areas. Activities may include general counsel, contract development, document review, claims defense and prosecution, and negotiation and mediation.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$465,276 |
$465,276 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$465,276 |
$465,276 |
Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development |
$40,479 |
$44,464 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$40,479 |
$44,464 |
Totals |
$505,754 |
$509,739 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Labor and Workforce Development General Operations
Program: Labor and Workforce Development Human Resources
For the purpose of providing human resource management for labor and workforce development that support multiple programs and cannot be allocated to specific programmatic areas. Activities may include hiring, recruiting, training, collective bargaining, employee evaluations, and professional development.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$1,046,870 |
$1,046,870 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$1,046,870 |
$1,046,870 |
Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development |
$97,149 |
$106,713 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$97,149 |
$106,713 |
Totals |
$1,144,019 |
$1,153,583 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Labor and Workforce Development General Operations
Program: Labor and Workforce Development IT
For the purpose of managing and supporting the labor and workforce development technology infrastructure including technical support for multiple programs that cannot be allocated to specific programmatic areas. Activities may include software development, application hosting, communication systems, data processing, and security services.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$3,121,697 |
$2,782,197 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$3,121,697 |
$2,782,197 |
Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development |
$279,756 |
$283,876 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$279,756 |
$283,876 |
Totals |
$3,401,453 |
$3,066,073 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Labor and Workforce Development General Operations
Program: Labor and Workforce Development Planning, Accounting, and Finance
For the purpose of providing labor and workforce development financial management, processing, and tracking that support multiple programs and cannot be allocated to specific programmatic areas. Activities may include budget development, grants management, transaction processing, financial reporting, and long range planning.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$2,791,654 |
$2,791,654 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$2,791,654 |
$2,791,654 |
Office of the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development |
$242,872 |
$266,783 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$242,872 |
$266,783 |
Totals |
$3,034,526 |
$3,058,437 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Training
Program: Apprenticeships
For the purpose of promoting and coordinating apprenticeships in the Commonwealth and developing new programs both in the traditional building trades as well as non-building trade areas.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$138,343 |
$123,984 |
Trust Spending |
$138,343 |
$123,984 |
Totals |
$138,343 |
$123,984 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Training
Program: General Training
For the purpose of helping job seekers clients, including health care workers, gain employment experience and become job ready so that they can achieve economic self-sufficiency.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Transitional Assistance |
$2,996,730 |
$2,931,927 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$2,996,730 |
$2,931,927 |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$40,769,448 |
$35,428,659 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$40,769,448 |
$35,428,659 |
Department of Veterans' Services |
$250,000 |
$250,000 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$250,000 |
$250,000 |
Office of the Secretary of Housing and Economic Development |
$2,090,000 |
$1,889,987 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$2,090,000 |
$1,889,987 |
Totals |
$46,106,177 |
$40,500,573 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Training
Program: On the Job Training
For the purpose of ensuring that employees or staff are fully knowledgeable and/or updated in all aspects of their work to efficiently complete their job functions through education and skill training.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Transitional Assistance |
$46,104 |
$46,644 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$46,104 |
$46,644 |
Department of Unemployment Assistance |
$31,609,742 |
$30,460,297 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$10,000,000 |
$10,000,000 |
Trust Spending |
$21,609,742 |
$20,460,297 |
Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services |
$1,000,000 |
$0 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$1,000,000 |
$0 |
Totals |
$32,655,846 |
$30,506,941 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Training
Program: SNAP Employment and Training
For the purpose of providing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants with opportunities to gain skills, training, or work experience that will improve their employment prospects and reduce their reliance on SNAP benefits, thereby increasing the likelihood of gaining self-sufficiency. It also offers a path to allow SNAP clients to meet work requirements as required by the Food Stamp Act.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Transitional Assistance |
$1,011,401 |
$1,000,000 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$1,011,401 |
$1,000,000 |
Totals |
$1,011,401 |
$1,000,000 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Training
Program: Vocational Rehabilitation
For the purpose of helping individuals with disabilities to obtain, maintain, or regain employment through training, career matching, and employer awareness.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Elder Affairs |
$1,938,268 |
$1,980,728 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$1,938,268 |
$1,980,728 |
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind |
$12,812,816 |
$13,599,128 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$3,353,117 |
$3,358,194 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$9,459,699 |
$10,240,934 |
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission |
$64,737,416 |
$65,749,080 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$12,258,023 |
$12,796,789 |
Federal Grant Spending |
$52,479,393 |
$52,952,290 |
Office of the Secretary for Administration and Finance |
$1,149,997 |
$1,000,000 |
Capital |
$1,149,997 |
$1,000,000 |
Totals |
$80,638,497 |
$82,328,935 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Workplace Safety
Program: Asbestos and Lead Licensing and Regulation
For the purpose of reducing the incidence and severity of exposure to lead and asbestos for the Commonwealth's workers and other members of the general public by administering and enforcing de-leading regulations, licensure, notification, and safe work practice; and collaborating with community partners in public health, housing, and the building trades through licensure, prescribing safe work practices, site visits and analytical services related to asbestos exposure.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Labor Standards |
$452,850 |
$452,850 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$452,850 |
$452,850 |
Totals |
$452,850 |
$452,850 |
Government Function: Labor and Workforce Development
Program Category: Workplace Safety
Program: General Workplace Safety
For the purpose of providing analytical and technical support to engineers and inspectors as well as to unions, local boards of health, and state agencies by visiting workplaces throughout the Commonwealth and evaluating them to identify and subsequently control and eliminate hazards in the workplace.
Department |
FY 2014 Projected Spending |
FY 2015 Recommended Spending |
Department of Labor Standards |
$2,035,348 |
$2,141,234 |
Budgetary Appropriations |
$2,035,348 |
$2,141,234 |
Totals |
$2,035,348 |
$2,141,234 |