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    Employment Services Department

    Active dates:1974 - 1977
    Authority:
    1973 Minn. Laws Chap. 254
    Minn. Stat. 268
    Function: Administered both the Minnesota State Employment Service and the Unemployment Insurance program. In addition, the department was engaged in more than 50 Federal-State programs created by Presidential ad/or Congressional action.
    Preceded by:
    Manpower Services Department
    Succeeded by:
    Economic Security Department
    History: The department was previously known as Manpower Services. The name was changed to the Department of Employment Services effective January 1, 1974. As part of a 1977 reorganization of state jobs programs, the department was combined with the Governor's Manpower Office and Division of Vocational Rehabilitation to become the new Department of Economic Security.
    Related to:
    Employment Services Advisory Council
    Agency heads: Emmet J. Cushing (1974-1977)
    Record last updated: 05/07/2015
     

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