It works with employers to assist workers looking to cut commuting costs.
But critics say it often fails to assist workers in disputes.
Could HAL assist workers who had to wear incredibly heavy, anti-radiation tungsten vests at the site?
It would also be obliged to include mechanisms to assist workers affected by any shift of jobs overseas.
If an employer relocated, the alliance would assist workers to try to continue the enterprise as a WSDE.
The ministry has also established a dedicated office to assist workers with following-up on any cases that have been submitted to the judicial authorities.
It was designed to assist workers through a few tough months during an economic downturn until their old jobs came back.
Earlier, the employment minister, Grace Grace, said a government "rapid response team" was on standby to assist workers if the refinery closes.
While Democrats and Republicans agree on the need for agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to eliminate tariffs on cross-border transactions, they cannot quite seal the deal on how to assist workers displaced by foreign competition.
For weeks, President Obama has derided Congress for failing to pass the agreements, as well as a measure that would provide money to assist workers displaced by foreign competition.
