Legislative instruments and other matter referred to this committee shall encompass the following subject matter:

• Child labor
• Collective bargaining and other labor laws affecting public employees
• Employment insurance
• Health and safety of laborers
• Labor and industrial relations generally
• Labor disputes
• Labor retirement laws, except those related to public employees
• Labor standards
• Unemployment compensation
• Wages and hours of labor
• Women in the labor market
• Workmen's compensation