COBI 2015 - Labor Commission

Overview
Issues
Performance
Background
Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

The Utah Labor Commission serves the citizens of Utah by assuring a safe, healthful, fair, non-discriminatory work environment; assuring fair housing practices; and promoting the general welfare of employee and employers in the State of Utah.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $23,113,100 from all sources for Labor Commission. This is a 10.7 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $6,140,100 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 1.5 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Attorney General Dedicated Credit Adjustments$20,000$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$20,000$0GFR - Industrial Accident Restricted Account

This item designates additional funding appropriated to an agency to pay higher costs for Attorney General services, due to statewide and AG-specific compensation increases.

Additional Measures

Employers Reinsurance Fund

Labor Commission

Uninsured Employers Fund

Performance measures are a selection of measures from Labor Commission programs.

Percent of Legal Unit Decisions Affirmed by Higher Court

The percent of legal unit decisions affirmed by the Utah Supreme Court or Utah Court of Appeals demonstrates the quality and accuracy of decisions issued by the Legal Unit.

Amount Collected in Fines

Total amount of money assessed and collected on companies that did not provide statutorily-required workers' compensation insurance for employees.

Percent of Orders Issued Within 60 Days

The Adjudication Division measures its success by timeliness in setting hearings and issuing orders from those hearings. Citizens and companies benefit when hearings have a quick resolution. The graph shows the percent of orders issued within 60 days.

Statute

The following chapters from the Utah Code Annotated give the Labor Commission its authority and oversight:

UCA Title 34, chapters 19 through 46 are devoted to general labor laws as they apply to employers and employees. These provisions cover such things as employment relations, payment of wages and minimum wages.

UCA Title 34A, chapters 1 through 11 cover regulatory authorizations of the Labor Commission and include the Labor Commission Act, Workers' Compensation Act, Utah Occupational Disease Act, Hospital and Medical Service for Disabled Miners, Utah Antidiscrimination Act, Utah Occupational Safety and Health Act, Safety, and the Utah Injured Worker Reemployment Act.

UCA Title 40, chapter 2 Coal Mine Safety Act

UCA Title 57, chapter 21 Fair Housing Act

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 66

Under section 63J-1-603 of the Utah code, the Legislature intends that appropriations provided to the Labor Commission in Item 21, Chapter 10, Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015. Nonlapsing funds shall be used for computer projects.

The Labor Commission budget is made up of three line items: Labor Commission, Employers' Reinsurance Fund; and Uninsured Employers' Fund.

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Line Items	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Labor Commission	11,389,400	12,152,700	12,014,200	12,147,200	13,804,100	(185,200)	13,618,900	416,600	14,035,500
Total	$11,389,400	$12,152,700	$12,014,200	$12,147,200	$13,804,100	($185,200)	$13,618,900	$416,600	$14,035,500

Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	5,872,100	5,426,300	5,527,600	5,779,600	5,972,800	0	5,972,800	145,600	6,118,400
General Fund, One-time	0	49,000	0	310,900	78,400	0	78,400	(56,700)	21,700
Federal Funds	2,374,000	3,006,600	2,858,600	2,779,200	3,234,200	(335,200)	2,899,000	177,500	3,076,500
Dedicated Credits Revenue	25,000	19,500	11,800	14,300	96,900	0	96,900	1,900	98,800
GFR - Industrial Accident Restricted Acc	2,084,600	2,555,700	2,536,400	2,769,800	2,745,300	0	2,745,300	177,900	2,923,200
GFR - Workplace Safety	1,563,200	1,563,600	1,573,200	1,587,100	1,602,900	0	1,602,900	18,000	1,620,900
Employers' Reinsurance Fund	73,000	73,600	73,600	73,600	73,600	0	73,600	2,400	76,000
Transfers	0	(49,000)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beginning Nonlapsing	0	0	0	0	0	400,000	400,000	(150,000)	250,000
Closing Nonlapsing	0	0	0	(400,000)	0	(250,000)	(250,000)	100,000	(150,000)
Lapsing Balance	(602,500)	(492,600)	(567,000)	(767,300)	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$11,389,400	$12,152,700	$12,014,200	$12,147,200	$13,804,100	($185,200)	$13,618,900	$416,600	$14,035,500

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	8,697,200	8,984,400	9,273,900	9,613,700	10,255,000	(161,400)	10,093,600	430,400	10,524,000
In-state Travel	25,100	32,600	34,400	32,900	37,100	(600)	36,500	0	36,500
Out-of-state Travel	30,800	52,900	48,300	44,400	15,700	50,800	66,500	0	66,500
Current Expense	991,800	1,424,900	1,125,100	1,105,500	1,225,400	(72,700)	1,152,700	10,100	1,162,800
DP Current Expense	1,041,600	1,042,500	990,000	1,071,300	1,131,300	83,400	1,214,700	(23,900)	1,190,800
DP Capital Outlay	0	16,500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Capital Outlay	0	6,300	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Charges/Pass Thru	602,900	641,600	542,500	279,400	1,139,600	(84,700)	1,054,900	0	1,054,900
Transfers	0	(49,000)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$11,389,400	$12,152,700	$12,014,200	$12,147,200	$13,804,100	($185,200)	$13,618,900	$416,600	$14,035,500

Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Approp
Budgeted FTE	107	111.60	118.25	118.30	119.35	0	119.35	119.35
Actual FTE	110.50	114	116	115.90	0	0	0	0
Vehicles	33	38	38	37	38	(1)	37	37

Line Items	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Industrial Commission Seminar Fund	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wage Claim Agency Fund	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Line Items	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Employers Reinsurance Fund	21,945,000	20,036,300	18,694,300	279,100	18,875,800	(16,101,400)	2,774,400	1,501,400	4,275,800
Uninsured Employers Fund	3,061,900	3,812,500	2,005,500	3,505,200	2,260,900	2,230,100	4,491,000	310,800	4,801,800
Total	$25,006,900	$23,848,800	$20,699,800	$3,784,300	$21,136,700	($13,871,300)	$7,265,400	$1,812,200	$9,077,600

Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Dedicated Credits Revenue	2,419,200	2,310,700	2,178,900	2,071,600	2,164,600	(878,600)	1,286,000	100	1,286,100
Interest Income	941,100	1,202,900	1,105,400	771,000	1,150,000	755,000	1,905,000	1,533,000	3,438,000
Dedicated Credits - Investments	367,400	(74,000)	(147,200)	171,200	0	250,000	250,000	0	250,000
Premium Tax Collections	14,125,300	12,908,200	13,527,000	15,628,800	13,560,000	4,191,000	17,751,000	1,439,000	19,190,000
Premium Tax Payments	(1,124,000)	(420,000)	370,000	141,000	375,000	(375,000)	0	0	0
Change in Claim Reserves	(9,626,600)	12,812,900	(362,200)	1,769,200	500,000	(500,000)	0	0	0
Transfers	173,900	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beginning Fund Balance	(46,815,000)	(64,545,600)	(59,653,600)	(63,681,500)	(64,290,600)	17,377,600	(46,913,000)	13,926,600	(32,986,400)
Ending Fund Balance	64,545,600	59,653,700	63,681,500	46,913,000	67,677,700	(34,691,300)	32,986,400	(15,086,500)	17,899,900
Total	$25,006,900	$23,848,800	$20,699,800	$3,784,300	$21,136,700	($13,871,300)	$7,265,400	$1,812,200	$9,077,600

Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	0	0	3,900	20,000	60,000	56,700	116,700	3,300	120,000
In-state Travel	3,800	300	1,200	1,300	1,200	0	1,200	0	1,200
Current Expense	705,300	765,100	600,500	2,201,500	1,622,600	24,400	1,647,000	(43,500)	1,603,500
DP Current Expense	200	3,400	3,000	1,500	2,900	(1,000)	1,900	1,000	2,900
Other Charges/Pass Thru	24,230,600	23,006,400	20,017,600	1,486,400	19,375,000	(13,950,000)	5,425,000	1,850,000	7,275,000
Transfers	67,000	73,600	73,600	73,600	75,000	(1,400)	73,600	1,400	75,000
Total	$25,006,900	$23,848,800	$20,699,800	$3,784,300	$21,136,700	($13,871,300)	$7,265,400	$1,812,200	$9,077,600

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Other Indicators	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Actual FTE	0	0	0.10	0.20	0	0	0	0	0
Change in Fund Balance	(17,730,400)	4,890,900	(4,027,900)	0	(3,387,100)	3,387,100	0	0	0

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.