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Employment Security Department

Active dates:1953 - 1969
Authority:
Minn. Stat. 268
1953 Minn. Laws Chap. 603
Function: The Department administered the state employment service program, the state unemployment compensation program, and the federal veterans' readjustment assistance act of 1952 program providing unemployment compensation to veterans.
Preceded by:
Social Security Department
Succeeded by:
Manpower Services Department
History: The department's name was changed to Department of Manpower Services by 1969 Minn. Laws Chap. 567.
Related to:
Employment Security Advisory Council
Agency heads: Victor Christgau (1953-1954); F. W. Nichols (1954-1955); Frank Starkey (1955-1965); Robert Joseph Brown (1965-1966); George J. Vavoulis (1967-1970)
Reports:
Annual Report (1967-1968)
Note: The Legislative Reference Library may have additional reports on or by this group available through our catalog.
Documents/Articles:
News clippings and documents. Agencies Notebook Collection, 1953-1969.
Record last updated: 05/07/2015
 

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