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Idaho Department of Labor Transition Report 9/12/2018

Idaho Department of Labor 2018 Governor’s Transition Report Agency Brief History

In 1933, Congress created a nationwide system of public employment offices in each state and in 1935, the Idaho Legislature accepted the provisions of the Wagner‐Peyser Act, opening the Idaho State Employment Service in Boise. In 1935, Congress enacted the Social Security Act, which established an employer taxation system to support an unemployment insurance program, and the Idaho Legislature enacted the State Unemployment Compensation Law the following year. Two years later in 1938, benefit payments were paid to Idaho claimants through Idaho Employment Service Division offices, which by then numbered 21 throughout the state. During World War II, the U.S. government federalized Idaho’s Employment Service Division and focused it on placing unemployed workers in public service jobs. After the war, the Idaho Legislature created the State of Idaho Employment Security Agency, reporting to the governor. The Manpower Development Act of 1962 and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ushered in a new era for the agency and it became a workforce training resource. In 1965, the Idaho Employment Security Agency was re‐designated as the Idaho Department of Employment. In 1996, the state’s Wage and Hour unit was moved to the Idaho Department of Employment and the combined entity became the Idaho Department of Labor. That same year, Gov. Phil Batt established the Idaho Workforce Development Training Fund and financed it with a 3 percent set‐aside of unemployment insurance taxes paid by Idaho businesses. In 2003, the Disability Determinations Service was added to the department, and the agency was merged with state department of Commerce. In 2007, the Commerce and Labor merger was dissolved. In 2008 the Idaho Career Information System was moved from the Office of the State Board of Education to the Idaho Department of Labor, followed by the Idaho Human Rights Commission and Serve Idaho in 2010. Today, Idaho Department of Labor Director Melinda Smyser has organized the agency into three major

divisions, and with the support of three deputy directors, leads the efforts of 491 full‐time employees to

help job seekers find meaningful work and businesses meet their workforce needs. The restructuring of the

Idaho Workforce Development Council included moving administration of the Idaho Workforce

Development Training Fund to the Governor’s Office and returning the Idaho Career Information System

back to the Office of the State Board of Education. Despite funding shifts and budget cuts, (staffing is down

8.4 percent from 536 in June 2017) six key local Labor contacts will – with the help of the department’s 25

local offices – continue to serve as a direct link between businesses, employees and state government as the

agency collaborates with its One‐Stop partners and serves as a lead agency on workforce development.


Idaho Department of Labor Services

Unemployment Insurance (UI) partially replaces the wages of eligible workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own. UI benefit administration is governed by the Idaho Employment Security Law (72‐1301 through 72‐1385), which sets up a system of employer taxation to finance the UI Trust Fund. The trust fund supports benefit payments to unemployed workers. Primary activities include benefit payments, fraud prevention and detection and collecting employer taxes. Benefit claims and adjudication are processed at a centralized office located at 219 W. Main St. Boise. Tax representatives are out‐stationed throughout the state. Workforce (Employment) Services ‐ Connecting Job Seekers with Idaho Employers ‐ includes the department’s 25 local offices managed by larger regional offices in Post Falls, Lewiston, Caldwell, Meridian, Boise, Twin Falls, Pocatello and Idaho Falls. All offices deliver a broad array of automated and personalized labor exchange services to job seekers and businesses, funded by the Wagner / Peyser Act. Job Seeker Services Offered at Local Offices

Job referrals, training or other employment services.

Job search workshops.

Aptitude, interest and proficiency tests.

Career guidance.

Access to computers for resume work and telephones via employment resource centers in local offices.

One‐on‐one job search assistance.

Typing proficiency tests and typing tutor.

Area business job fairs.

Special services to veterans, migrant seasonal farmworkers and individuals with disabilities.

Facilities for employers to conduct job applicant screening and interviews. Job Seeker Services Accessible From Home

Filing for unemployment insurance benefits.

Self‐service registration for employment via the internet.

Automated access to job listings.

Access to wage ranges and other labor market information.

Job referrals upon request by telephone or email.

Access to career assessment tools.

Access to economic and employment news. Business Services

Manage employer accounts necessary for reporting wages and paying unemployment insurance taxes.

Seminars on how to control unemployment insurance taxes.

Process job orders and determine job duties and skills.

Recruit employees, matching applicants to job orders.

Refer applicants from local, state and national labor pools.

Employer resource centers with computer access, interview facilities and an array of literature.

Coordinate area job fairs.

Assist with issues involving equal employment opportunities.

Conduct educational seminars on a broad range of employer issues.

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Manage local employer groups.

Assist businesses applying for federal authorization to hire foreign workers.

Coordinate federal bonding. Helping Idahoans Gain Skills for the Jobs of Tomorrow. Agency career planners, community partners and the department’s workforce administration use Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding to help Idaho participants become employed, retain their jobs and secure recognized industry credentials. The division manages the department’s role in administering federal policy and planning, grant management and oversight of several federal workforce programs including Services to Veterans, Trade Adjustment Act, National Emergency Grants, Disadvantaged Adult, Youth and Dislocated Workers, and Serve Idaho.

Serve Idaho, the Governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism ‐ Serve Idaho encourages private and nonprofit organizations, schools and state and local government agencies to advance national service programs and volunteerism throughout the state. It is partially funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Using Hot Jobs, Wages and Labor Market Data to Find Employees, Jobs. Communications & Research collects wage, employment and occupational data from Idaho employers and provides it to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics who uses it to calculate a variety of national economic indicators. Locally, Idaho’s five regional labor economists create rural and urban Idaho profiles, forecast short‐ and long‐term employment growth and help Idaho employers decide what wages to pay to remain competitive. Idaho citizens and job seekers access the same data through JobScape and Next Steps / Idaho’s Career Information System to decide what kind of wages to accept and learn about job opportunities in high‐growth, high‐demand occupations. This division’s duties also include UI actuarial work, calculating the base rate for individual tax rates paid by employers, maintaining the agency website, leading and supporting the outreach efforts for the department and the state’s 25 local offices, providing administrative support for the agency’s legislative efforts and processing requests for public records and confidential information. Determination Services and Equal Opportunity includes the UI Appeals Bureau, the state Wage and Hour unit, the Idaho Farmworker Services Advocate (referred to by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) as State Monitor Advocate) and the department’s Training Unit. The division administrator serves as the agency Equal Opportunity Officer, with a direct reporting relationship to the director. Disability Determinations Service (DDS) helps the Social Security Administration process disability claims to determine whether individuals applying for Social Security disability benefits meet the criteria for medical severity and to ensure fair and timely consideration for those individuals. The U.S. Social Security Administration covers all personnel and operating costs. The Idaho Commission on Human Rights is within the Office of the Governor by statute, but housed within the Idaho Department of Labor. The commission receives $861,251 annually from the department for administrative support. Staff are charged with securing state protection from discrimination due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin or disability in employment, public accommodations, real property transactions or education and discrimination because of age in connection with employment. They also provide training to businesses and organizations throughout the state and offer a robust mediation program for resolving charges of discrimination filed with the commission. iUS builds and maintains Idaho’s Internet Unemployment System (iUS) software that ultimately replaced the agency’s obsolete unemployment insurance mainframe in September 2014. Today the iUS Consortium, in partnership with other state workforce agencies and the U.S. Department of Labor, focuses its efforts on development and maintenance of modernized unemployment insurance systems.


Idaho Department of Labor Accomplishments

Governor’s Unemployment Insurance Tax Bill – Department staff developed this bill for the Office of the Governor and helped navigate its way through the legislature. Once the bill passed, the agency re‐notified 53,000 employers of a change in their tax rates just two months after receiving their initial notice, immediately after HB335 passed and Gov. Otter signed the bill into law.

Modernizing Unemployment Insurance ‐ The department’s iUS team developed and launched a new modernized Unemployment Insurance system, allowing Idaho and multiple other states including Vermont and North Dakota to leverage the code for modernizing their own unemployment insurance system. The group also received a five‐year, $19 million USDOL grant to help fund the work.

Apprenticeship Idaho increased registered Idaho apprenticeships in nontraditional industries – advanced manufacturing, health care, high tech and power & energy ‐ by 66 percent since its inception in 2016. Moving forward, an $847,000 funding extension will allow this team to continue its goal of increasing the number of registered Idaho apprenticeships by 20 percent annually until 2020. Department staff were instrumental in working with the Idaho Technology Council and developing Idaho’s first high‐tech registered apprenticeship, placing two apprentices with In Time Tec in Meridian.

STEM Jobs – Department research staff predict between 2016 – 2026 Idaho STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) occupations will grow the fastest at 17 percent. To get ahead, local offices are encouraging Idaho businesses to consider apprenticeships in STEM occupations and raising awareness of STEM careers. Co‐hosting events such as “Growing Together,” “Dream It Do It,” “Your FIT (Your Future in Technology)” and the annual “Idaho Business Educator Exchange” allows Labor staff to introduce career counselors and technical education coordinators to high wage, high growth career opportunities involving simple machines, drones, unmanned aircraft systems, electronics, energy, cybercoding and robotics.

Veterans Services ‐ The agency secured an additional $192,000 to hire four more local veteran employment representatives who will enroll returning veterans in apprenticeships, internships and on‐the‐job training opportunities. The department is also one of 40 applicants out of 140 entries to receive nearly $115,000 for providing incarcerated veterans with training, limited housing and supportive services.

Labor Disability Resource Coordinators worked with more than 1,400 students at 89 Idaho schools and increased their access to a wide array of workforce services and programs, ensuring the needed supports and accommodations are in place for each individual. The department also installed new ADA accessible computer stations in all 25 local Labor offices. Local office staff received training on successfully tapping the full functionality of the ADA computer stations.

Communications & Research published several labor market information studies designed to help Idaho employers remain competitive and successfully attract and retain quality employees. Examples include the Idaho Workforce Development Training Fund Report, Idaho’s Knowledge‐Based Economy, the Idaho Food Manufacturers Wage & Benefit Analysis (in its third year), Idaho’s 2016‐2026 Industry and Employment Projections, Idaho’s 2017 Wage Report and the 2018 Urban and Rural Idaho Report.

Year to date, Workforce Services has helped 1,336 Idaho employers try to find employees compared with 1,187 employers for all of 2017. Employers entered 25,492 job orders into IdahoWorks, and 6,647 job seekers received staff‐assisted services. More than 550 adults, 474 dislocated workers and 480 out‐of‐school youth received some type of employment and / or training service during program year 2017 (July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018). Staff completed 2,140 Reemployment Service and Eligibility interviews and this year, the local offices have a combined goal of serving 4,000 unemployment insurance claimants through the program. Twenty‐seven percent of the agency’s total allocation for out‐of‐school youth programs was expended on work‐based learning activities, exceeding a spending goal of 20 percent.


Unemployment Insurance ‐ Idahoans have access to an operational English language click‐to‐chat service for answers to their unemployment insurance questions. Customer use is up 100 percent since the beginning of calendar year 2017. Idaho’s Hispanic community now has access to a Spanish‐language portal for filing for unemployment insurance benefits. The department’s Unemployment Insurance Benefits Bureau ranks in the top 10 states nationally in the areas of timeliness and quality and Idaho’s Unemployment Insurance Tax Audit Measures have been in the top three nationally for the past two years.

Wage & Hour ‐ In 2018, the agency’s Wage & Hour unit resolved 101 wage claims through its “informal” process. During program year 2018 there were 944 claims filed and staff collected on 878 for a total wage collection of $444,233. It took an average of 19 days to resolve wage claim disputes.

The Idaho Human Rights Commission resolved 17 percent of all complaints through free mediation and conciliation services, saving Idaho businesses and individuals $500,000 annually.

Monitor Advocate – The U.S. Department of Labor audited the department’s outreach efforts to migrant seasonal farmworkers. Federal officials were impressed with the agency’s efforts and partnerships with entities such as the Community Council of Idaho, the Mexican National Consulate, Idaho Legal Aid, the Center for Community and Justice, Boise State University High School Equivalency Program and others.

Disability Determinations Services had the lowest processing time in the country four of the past five years and has met or exceeded the Social Security Administration production goals. Improvements have been made in processing times, medical requests, case closures and case assignment.

Serve Idaho – In addition to recognizing Idaho’s “Brightest Stars” for their volunteerism, Serve Idaho received $977,983 from the Corporation for National and Community Service to fund AmeriCorps programs. Grants have been awarded to Idaho State University, Student Conservation Association, Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute and Lewis Clark State College.

Information Security completed the first five controls of Center for Internet Security’s (CIS) 20 Critical Security Controls per executive order, including automation, documented policies and procedures, reporting and metrics. Staff are now working toward upgrading to version 7.0 and completing the remaining 15 controls.

Continuity of Operations – Department leadership has completed its Continuity of Operations plan and is in the process of checking the infrastructure necessary to support the plan’s implementation.

Idaho Department of Labor Contingency Plan – See section on Department Funding.

Human Resources ‐ Nearly 100 percent of staff statewide have taken Respectful Workplace training. iPerform training is underway for supervisors with target date of completion by the end of the calendar year.

Training – The department training unit ensures agency employees receive relevant and current training. Examples include Respectful Workplace (in conjunction with the Department of Human Resources), I‐Perform, Time Management, Active Shooter Awareness, Stress Management, Crucial Conversations and IT Security Training.


Short‐ and Long‐Term Critical Needs

Accounting / Finance Replace the Department’s Legacy Accounting System ‐ The Idaho Department of Labor accounting systems have seen no significant changes in 30 years, and modernization is critical to its operations. The agency plans to leverage the State Controller’s Office LUMA system to the greatest extent possible. However, until this new system is implemented the department must maintain and address deficiencies in its existing system with limited resources.

Disability Determinations Service (DDS)

Short‐ and Long‐Term Hires – Idaho’s Disability Determinations Service is preparing for a possible economic downturn, which will increase claims. The U.S. Social Security Administration informed the Idaho agency it will receive hiring authority for two permanent adjudicator positions in the first quarter of federal fiscal year 2019. In the meantime, succession planning is an ongoing mission with dedicated funds to train staff for upward mobility in the agency.

Communications & Research

Financial Support for Idaho’s Regional Labor Economists – As Idaho enters its 102nd month of its current economic growth cycle, federal budget cuts and state funding limitations forced a reduction in the number of regional labor economists from six to five. Should the Penalty and Interest dollars used to fund Idaho’s regional labor economists continue to decline, a consistent level of labor market services to Idaho businesses – the very businesses that pay penalties and interest associated with their unemployment insurance taxes – will be a challenge. As a result, the department will find itself in a position of having to request a $492,000 general fund appropriation to continue the following services:

Industry‐specific state and regional wage studies such as food processing manufacturing;

Ten‐ and two‐year state and regional industry and occupational employment projections;

Labor market reports on the differences and unique challenges of rural and urban Idaho;

Available workforce studies for business recruitment and expansion;

Economic impact analysis for the legislature and large scale industrial developments like the Idaho Department of Defense, the Idaho National Lab, local, regional planning associations, business and groups like the Workforce Development Council, the STEM Action Center, government task forces, local governments and other labor‐related issues.


Significant Changes in Staffing, Funding & Budget

Eighty percent of the department’s $88.2 million administrative budget comes from federal funds through the U.S. Department of Labor. Funding is counter‐cyclical and based on a federal budget year, which means agency resources increase when Idaho’s economy struggles and unemployment is high, and decrease when Idaho’s economy does well and unemployment is low. Unemployment insurance benefits are financed by a mix of unemployment insurance taxes paid by Idaho businesses and federal grants from USDOL. During SFY18, the department paid out $92.8 million in unemployment insurance benefits to Idahoans. Administering those benefits – which includes processing claims, adjudication, appeals, processing tax payments and preventing fraud – cost $24.7 million. USDOL support during periods of both high or low unemployment has remained stagnant or in decline for more than a decade. As a result, the department subsidizes these federal operations – unemployment insurance and employment services – with money generated through Penalties and Interest paid by Idaho employers, and the Special Administration Fund, which receives interest earned on investment of the Employment Security Reserve Fund. Looking Ahead Funding from the USDOL to administer the state’s unemployment insurance system, employment service and workforce development programs has decreased 38 percent during the past seven years, from $74.8 million in 2011 to a low of $45 million in 2016, resulting in a 41 percent loss in full‐time positions. Continued federal budget cuts are expected including a 10 percent cut for delivering services to disadvantaged adults, youth and dislocated workers and another 7.5 percent cut for providing unemployment insurance benefits to Idaho workers. Personnel costs account for 70 to 80 percent of the department’s expenses and despite significant reductions in staffing since 2011, agency spending levels continue to exceed federal funding. Supplemental funding also pays or partially pays for Wage and Hour, Serve Idaho, iUS, administrative support of the Idaho Human Rights Commission and any change in employee compensation granted by the Idaho Legislature. To address additional federal budget cuts and the current subsidized spending, the department has developed a contingency plan which includes a refined budget process that works well during times of budget reductions (times of economic prosperity) and increases (times of economic decline). The goals:

Achieve grant requirements, core measures and goals set forth by USDOL on time, on budget and within scope;

Reduce department‐wide dependence on subsidized spending from penalty, interest and special administration funds by 10 percent in the next state fiscal year (SFY19);

Create agreed‐upon rules and guidance for the use of penalty, interest and special administration funds; and

Develop an existing plan to phase out or continue the funded elements should grant funding not be renewed.

The department’s hiring policy is also consistent with core measures and budgetary constraints. Prior to creating new positions or filling vacancies, department staff are required to answer the following:

1. Is there budget to pay for the position?


2. Is filling the position the best use of the budget? 3. Is there a compelling business need? 4. Is there another way to fulfill the business need? 5. Can the position be filled through departmental promotion?

Non‐personnel spending is under the same scrutiny, taking into account whether the expenditure is the best use of the funds, necessary for the mission of the grant or if there is a better way to accomplish the need. As of this document, the department is seeing short‐term gains from its efforts to control costs. Personnel expenditures are down 4 percent and operating expenditures are down 2 percent. Capital expenditures, including encumbrances, are down 7 percent.

Revenue and Expenditures Revenue FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018

Labor, Wage & Hour Escrow $0 $2,400 $600 $4,400

Wage & Hour $54,300 $77,100 $78,000 $105,300

Unemployment Penalty & Interest $0 $0 $0 $5,400

Employment Security Special Administration

$872,200 $2,069,400 $2,562,500 $4,645,000

Workforce Development Training Fund ($34,500) $73,900 $118,300 $262,400

Federal Grants $53,320,500 $54,110,200 $50,356,100 $51,096,500

Misc. Revenue $940,400 $1,415,000 $3,393,400 $1,689,100

General Fund ‐ Wage & Hour $313,500 $320,700 $339,600 $341,200

General Fund – Employment Services $0 $0 $50,000 $0

Unemployment Compensation $212,058,300 $190,651,700 $193,184,500 $177,124,200

Total $267,524,700 $248,720,400 $250,083,000 $235,273,500

Expenditures FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018

Personnel Costs $40,370,300 $39,062,200 $39,489,000 $38,003,100

Operating Expenditures $63,948,900 $64,341,100 $12,702,100 $12,484,600

Capital Outlay $851,100 $613,200 $481,400 $721,300

Trustee/Benefit Payments $121,258,000 $112,014,100 $115,782,500 $93,187,300

Total $226,428,300 $216,030,600 $168,455,000 $144,396,300

Idaho’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Unemployment insurance tax rates Idaho employers pay into the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund are used to pay benefits. How much each employer pays is determined by its use of the trust fund (experience rating) and a base rate which serves as the foundation for an array of tax rates. The formula for calculating the base rate relies on three factors: trust fund liability, risk and preferred solvency levels. In June of 2009, formula changes made in 2005 and the Great Recession of 2007 broke Idaho’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. Over the next 10 months, the department borrowed $202 million from USDOL to continue paying benefits. To address the debt and to maintain its fiscal integrity into the future, the 2011 Legislature approved a four‐year bond issue and changes in the unemployment system. As a result, the department was able to pay the federal debt immediately, avoid higher interest rates and a federal surcharge on the state’s employers, saving Idaho businesses more than $15 million. During the 2018 Legislature, Gov. Otter proposed a bill to cut unemployment insurance taxes by 30 percent and save employers a total of $115 million over the next three years by reducing the desired solvency levels. Labor staff determined the tax cut would still maintain a sufficient reserve balance to withstand a recession of the same magnitude that broke Idaho’s trust fund in 2009. When it passed, it was retroactive to January of 2018.


Year‐to‐date trust fund balances are showing the effects of the tax cuts enacted retroactively to first calendar quarter 2018. Employers are creating new accounts at a fast pace (up 5 percent over July 2017), fund revenues are up because benefit payments are down and tax contributions are 15 percent lower than last year. As tax contributions continue to decrease, the department expects the fund balance to also decline, but how much is to be determined. With a strong economy and strong labor force, fewer unemployed workers means fewer people claiming benefits, resulting in lower benefit use and reduced liability. Idaho Workforce Development Training Fund A 3 percent set‐aside of the state unemployment taxes paid by Idaho businesses finances the Idaho Workforce Development Training Fund. While the department still collects this set‐aside, the Idaho Workforce Development Council – the advisory board to the Idaho Department of Labor – is now an office of the Executive Branch, shifting the funding and responsibilities for administering the Idaho Workforce Development Fund to the Office of the Governor.

Idaho Department of Labor - OrganizationIn 2018 Idaho Department of Labor Director Melinda Smyser organized the agency into three major divisions, and with the support of three deputy directors, leads the efforts of 491 full-time employees (down 8.4 percent from 536 as of June 2017) to help job seekers find meaningful work and businesses meet their workforce needs:

Executive Leadership CommitteeMelinda Smyser, Director

Michael JohnsonRogelio Valdez

John TaylorEric Beck

Mark MayfieldWilliam Hernandez

Benjamin EarwickerAmy Hohnstein

John RussJill Kleist

Kellye Sharp


Labor Statutory Authority, Advisory Boards

State authority for the department’s core functions is as follows:

Idaho Code Title 72, Chapter 13

Idaho Code Title 44, Chapters 15 & 16

Title 45, Chapter 6

Serve Idaho – Executive Order 2010‐05

Federal authority for the department’s core responsibilities established as follows:

29 USC Chapter 49; 26 U.S.C. Chapter 23

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act – Federal – 20 CFR Part 652, 660‐671/P.L. 105‐220/29U.S.C. 30

Trade Adjustment Assistance Program – Federal – 20 CFR Part 617/P.L. 107‐210/19 U.S.C. 12

Idaho Disability Determinations Service – title 72, chapter 13; federal – 20 CFR part 416/ 42 U.S.C421

Three advisory boards provide program guidance and oversight to the department for program administration.

As an Office of the Governor, the Idaho Workforce Development Council serves as an advisoryboard for the state and department’s workforce development programs. Council members,appointed by the governor for three‐year terms, represent regions of the state as well as business,education, government and labor.

The Governor’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism oversees operations of Serve Idaho. Itsmembers, appointed by the governor for three‐year terms, represent the wide range of interestsacross Idaho.


Non‐Classified Positions Name Classification PCN Hourly Pay

Bade, Renee Marie 08843 ‐ Grants/Contracts Supervisor 7008 $25.34

Uhi, Heather Marie 05310 ‐ Grants/Contract Officer 7009 $22.41

Mann, Kirstin Mary 02913 ‐ Project Coordinator 7011 $21.45

Carnopis, Darlene Marie 05578 ‐ Public Information Officer 8880 $36.00

Smyser, Melinda L 21400 ‐ Director, Labor 8881 $60.10

Hohnstein, Amy 21407 ‐ Determinations Services & EO Officer 8882 $48.49

Earwicker, Benjamin J 29000 – Administrator 8883 $41.42

Smith, Georgia S 21403 ‐ Deputy Director, Labor 8884 $54.57

Valdez, Rogelio M 21403 ‐ Deputy Director, Labor 8887 $56.06

Hernandez, William E. 21404 ‐ DDS Administrator, IDOL 8889 $53.98

Johnson, Michael A. 21403 ‐ Deputy Director, Labor 8890 $56.04

Mayfield, Mark A 21415 ‐ iUS Administrator 8896 $59.66

Crane, Lara Paige 01103 ‐ Technical Records Specialist 2 9984 $14.50

Crosby, Jimmie H 95000 ‐ Temporary Employees 9984 $19.23

Doolittle, Jean M. 01103 ‐ Technical Records Specialist 2 9984 $18.60

Frans, Karen L 09447 ‐ Disability Program Specialist 9984 $31.70

Asay, Kenneth C 08856 ‐ Workforce Consultant 9986 $15.00

Buck, Roderick M 08856 ‐ Workforce Consultant 9986 $15.00

Waters, Lacey Kate 08856 ‐ Workforce Consultant 9986 $15.00

Meade, Gordon Phillip 08856 ‐ Workforce Consultant 9995 $15.00


Facility Information

This list includes an inventory of all Idaho Department of Labor facilities ‐ owned and leased ‐ expiration dates and employees per location. Starting in 2015, the department restructured local office leases by decreasing its leased square footage to accommodate fewer staff, reduce costs and increase flexibility based on federal budget uncertainty. These changes resulted in reducing leased space by more than 44,000 square feet, saving approximately $750,000 annually.

The anticipated plan for the leases scheduled to expire within the next year:

Renew the McCall lease as a one‐year lease;

Renew the Soda Springs lease as a co‐location for one year;

Relocate the Sandpoint office to a smaller space; and

Renew the Wood River lease for one year and pursue other options prior to the current leaseexpiring.

Office Status Square Footage Effective Expires

Employee Count

Grangeville Leased 1,500 8/01/2018 7/31/2019 2

Hailey (Wood River Valley) Leased 627 8/13/2018 8/12/2019 1

McCall Leased 2,248 10/1/2017 9/30/2018 2

Soda Springs Leased 904 1/01/2018 12/31/2018 2

Sandpoint Leased 6,200 4/01/2014 3/31/2019 5

Emmett Leased 3,150 5/01/2018 4/30/2019 2

St. Maries Leased 2,700 4/02/2018 4/30/2019 2

Payette Leased 1,000 6/01/2018 5/31/2019 2

Rexburg Leased 708 6/01/2018 5/31/2019 1

Moscow Leased 980 7/01/2016 6/30/2019 2

Kellogg (Silver Valley) Leased 785 8/15/2016 8/14/2019 1

Mountain Home Leased 1,698 5/01/2018 4/30/2020 3

Salmon Subleased 619 7/01/2018 6/30/2020 2

Meridian Subleased 8,203 11/1/2015 10/31/2020 11

Bonners Ferry Leased 1,080 12/1/2015 11/30/2020 2

Orofino Leased 920 12/1/2016 11/30/2021 2 Twin Falls (Magic Valley) Leased 5,729 1/01/2017 12/31/2021 11

DDS Leased 19,628 7/01/2017 6/30/2022 66

Blackfoot Owned 8,320 3.5

Burley (Mini‐Cassia) Owned 9,537 4

Caldwell (Canyon County) Owned 15,446 16

Idaho Falls Owned 14,600 13

Lewiston Owned 15,938 9

Pocatello Owned 16,789 11

Post Falls (Kootenai County) Owned 17,837 14

Third Street Annex Owned 24,998 122

Boise Local Office (IAB ‐ 1E) Owned 3,955 10

I.A.B. Bldg. Central Office Owned 100,338 184

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