The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) identifies 13 functions for local workforce boards. Among them are:

• Analyses of regional conditions;
• Leading efforts to engage employers;
• Leading efforts to develop and implement career pathways;
• Identifying and promoting proven and promising practices;
• Establishing standing committees to more effectively accomplish the work of the local boards;
• Better utilizing technology to facilitate connections among the intake and case management information systems of one-stop partners, to access services provided through the one-stop system (including remote areas), to meet the needs of individuals with barriers to employment, and to leverage resources and capacity;
• Promoting consumer choice of participants among providers;
• Enhancing coordination with education providers; and
• Assessing the physical and programmatic accessibility of one-stop centers annually in accordance with applicable nondiscrimination provisions under Title I of the WIOA and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

WIOA also specifies the structure of local workforce development boards including a core requirement that they are business-led. 

• Business Representatives (51%)
• Workforce Representatives (20%)
• Other Representatives to include:
  • Adult Education/Literacy Providers
  • Higher Education (including community colleges)
  • Economic and Community Development
  • Wagner-Peyser Employment Services
  • Vocational Rehabilitation

May include others determined appropriate by chief elected official.