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The Department of Labor (DOL) was created by act of March 4, 1913 (29 U.S.C. 551). A Bureau of Labor was first created by Congress by act of June 24, 1884, in the Interior Department. The Bureau of Labor later became independent as a Department of Labor without executive rank by act of June 13, 1888. It again returned to bureau status in the Department of Commerce and Labor, which was created by act of February 14, 1903 (15 U.S.C. 1501; 29 U.S.C. 1 note). The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States, by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers' rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
Sub-agencies
15
Recent Regulations
10
Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure; Extension of Comment Period
Employee or Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
Update to MSHA's Address; Technical Amendment
Requirement To Provide Paper Statements in Certain Cases-Amendments to Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbors
Private Health Insurance; Transparency in Coverage; Extension of Comment Period
Modifications to the Regulations Implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended; Extension of Comment Period
Modifications to the Regulations Implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as Amended; Extension of Comment Period
Rescission of Workforce Investment Act Regulations
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Data Availability
Rescission of Nondiscrimination and Equal-Opportunity Provisions of the Workforce Investment Act
The Department of Labor (DOL) was created by act of March 4, 1913 (29 U.S.C. 551). A Bureau of Labor was first created by Congress by act of June 24, 1884, in the Interior Department. The Bureau of Labor later became independent as a Department of Labor without executive rank by act of June 13, 1888. It again returned to bureau status in the Department of Commerce and Labor, which was created by act of February 14, 1903 (15 U.S.C. 1501; 29 U.S.C. 1 note). The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States, by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers' rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
BRB — Benefits Review Board
ODEP — Disability Employment Policy Office
EBSA — Employee Benefits Security Administration
ECAB — Employees Compensation Appeals Board
ETA — Employment and Training Administration
DOL — Employment Standards Administration
OFCCP — Federal Contract Compliance Programs Office
BLS — Labor Statistics Bureau
LMSO — Labor-Management Standards Office
MSHA — Mine Safety and Health Administration
OSHA — Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PWBA — Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
VETS — Veterans Employment and Training Service
WHD — Wage and Hour Division
OWCP — Workers' Compensation Programs Office