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North Dakota (ND) Department Of Human Resources

August 21st, 2006 Posted by Kimberly

In our great state of North Dakota there is an entity that is designed to help both the employee and the employer or you and I both to succeed as well as be employed and that is the Department of Human Resources. This department is responsible for all of our well beings as both employees and employers. They will help us not only to identify what is needed to improve but how we can make our employees happier and safer.

This department has done a lot of work in recent years to help our state some of which you might not even be aware of. For example did you know that our state unemployment rate has gone down from 3.7% to 3.4% in the last three years? This may not seem like a staggering number but one should also consider the fact that the national unemployment rate currently stands at 4.8%. So when you put it into perspective any decrease in our unemployment is a huge victory for our state. Another interesting bit of knowledge is the fact that since January of 2001, 21,200 now jobs have been created in the state to help battle the unemployment rate and in order to bring more people into our state.

However, in North Dakota we do more than just have our department of human resources working to cut down the unemployment rate. This department is also responsible for the enforcing and enacting of all of the state labor laws. These are the laws that pertain to you and I as well as any employees or employers you might have. They are also responsible for taking care and insuring the safety of our minor workers. We cannot forget about safety either when we speak of this department. This department is also who is responsible for making sure that we have a safe place to work as well.