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Labor Commissioner (state executive office)
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The labor commissioner is a state-level position in all 50 states. The duties of the position vary from state to state, but their general role is to oversee the administration of state laws relating to labor and the workforce. Duties can include ensuring that all workers are treated fairly under the law, overseeing investigation of non-payment of wages, the state minimum wage, overtime, and prevailing wage disputes. The vast majority of the states with labor commissioners authorize the governor to appoint an individual to the office, but there are at least four states who have opted to have voters select the officeholders.[1][2]
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Although labor commissioners are selected by the governor in the majority of states, four (Oregon, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Georgia) hold elections for the office. These elections are nonpartisan in Oregon. In the other 46 states, the labor commissioner is appointed by the governor. In Nevada and West Virginia, the responsibilities of the labor commissioner are divided between two separate appointed offices. In Texas, the governor appoints three labor commissioners to a board, which carries out the duties of the office.
