COBI 2015 - Labor Commission

Overview
Issues
Performance
Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

The Labor Commission line item is the Labor Commission's operating budget. It consists of the following programs:

Administration;
Industrial Accidents;
Appeals Board;
Adjudication;
Workplace Safety;
Boiler, Elevator, and Coal Mine Safety;
Antidiscrimination and Labor (UALD);
Utah OSHA; and
Building Operations and Maintenance.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $14,035,500 from all sources for Labor Commission. This is a 3.1 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

Adjudication

Administration

Anti-Discrimination and Labor

Appeals Board

Boiler, Elevator and Coal Mine Safety Division

Industrial Accidents

Utah OSHA

Workplace Safety

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.

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.

Special Funds

Industrial Accidents Restricted Account. The fund was created to account for premium assessments on workers' compensation insurance sold in Utah. It is collected by the Tax Commission and the money is designated by legislation to be deposited into this Fund to be used for support of the Industrial Accidents and Adjudication Division of the Labor Commission. The Legislature makes annual appropriations from this fund to the Labor Commission. UCA Title 34, chapters 2, 3, and 8

Workplace Safety Restricted Account.

The fund was created to account for premium assessments on workers' compensation insurance sold in Utah. It is collected by the Tax Commission and the money is designated by legislation to be deposited into this fund to be used for workplace safety education, training and other support. The Legislature makes annual appropriations from this fund to the Labor Commission and to the Rocky Mountain Center at the University of Utah. UCA Title 34a - 2-701

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Programs	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Administration	1,626,100	1,778,500	1,708,400	1,784,700	2,036,900	(225,000)	1,811,900	9,000	1,820,900
Industrial Accidents	1,348,900	1,531,900	1,547,600	1,618,900	1,652,000	197,800	1,849,800	43,100	1,892,900
Appeals Board	17,400	19,300	10,800	11,800	12,500	(400)	12,100	0	12,100
Adjudication	1,163,000	1,166,500	1,123,500	1,163,300	1,211,000	7,200	1,218,200	93,200	1,311,400
Boiler, Elevator and Coal Mine Safety Di	1,263,700	1,297,500	1,334,700	1,457,000	1,489,200	1,300	1,490,500	46,800	1,537,300
Workplace Safety	680,700	710,800	616,100	354,600	1,218,900	(84,000)	1,134,900	1,200	1,136,100
Anti-Discrimination and Labor	1,604,600	1,695,200	1,887,600	1,896,500	2,122,300	39,800	2,162,100	143,300	2,305,400
Utah OSHA	3,533,700	3,798,800	3,625,500	3,700,400	3,901,300	(121,900)	3,779,400	80,000	3,859,400
Building Operations and Maintenance	151,300	154,200	160,000	160,000	160,000	0	160,000	0	160,000
Employers Reinsurance Fund	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uninsured Employers Fund	0	0	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

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

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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

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.