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Employers visiting the location can list job openings, recruit and interview applicants, and receive tax credits. They can also gain knowledge about subsidized training programs.<ref name=labor/>
Employers visiting the location can list job openings, recruit and interview applicants, and receive tax credits. They can also gain knowledge about subsidized training programs.<ref name=labor/>
Forster and Foster came under fire from [[organized labor]] for having allegedly selected judges for the workers compensation program who were inclined to favor business over employees. The pair denied the charge. Governor Foster said: “All I've ever asked the department to do – as far as anybody we appointed – was just to get good, fair judges, not biased on either side.”<ref name=workers>{{cite web|url=http://www.injuredworker.org/forums/injuredworker/posts/36.html|title=The Politics of Workers’ Compensation|publisher=injuredworker.org|accessdate=October 17, 2009}}</ref>
Forster and Foster came under fire from [[organized labor]] for having allegedly selected judges for the workers compensation program who were inclined to favor business over employees. The pair denied the charge. Governor Foster said: “All I've ever asked the department to do – as far as anybody we appointed – was just to get good, fair judges, not biased on either side.”<ref name=workers>{{cite web|url=http://www.injuredworker.org/forums/injuredworker/posts/36.html|title=The Politics of Workers’ Compensation|publisher=injuredworker.org|date=2000|accessdate=October 9, 2019}}</ref>
In a typical year at the time, Louisiana had some six thousand disputes over whether employees merit worker’s compensation. Forster portrayed the dispute as the result of labor’s opposition to changes that he launched when he became secretary: “Wake up and smell the coffee... This place is no longer run by the [[AFL-CIO]]. It's no longer 'just cut the check.'"<ref name=workers/>
In a typical year at the time, Louisiana had some six thousand disputes over whether employees merit worker’s compensation. Forster portrayed the dispute as the result of labor’s opposition to changes that he launched when he became secretary: “Wake up and smell the coffee... This place is no longer run by the [[AFL-CIO]]. It's no longer 'just cut the check.'"<ref name=workers/>