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|Mission=The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights. This includes promoting equality of job opportunity, protecting retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, wages, and other economic measurements. | |Mission=The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights. This includes promoting equality of job opportunity, protecting retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, wages, and other economic measurements. | ||
|ParentOrganization=Executive Office of the President | |ParentOrganization=Executive Office of the President | ||
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|CreationLegislation=Act of Congress on March 4, 1913 | |CreationLegislation=Act of Congress on March 4, 1913 | ||
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In July 2013, [[Tom Perez]] was confirmed as Secretary of Labor. According to remarks by Perez at his swearing-in ceremony, "Boiled down to its essence, the Department of Labor is the department of opportunity."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/speeches/20130904_Perez.htm |title=Remarks By Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, Swearing-In Ceremony |publisher=United States Department of Labor |year=2013 |access-date=2014-08-08 |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707030002/http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/speeches/20130904_Perez.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | In July 2013, [[Tom Perez]] was confirmed as Secretary of Labor. According to remarks by Perez at his swearing-in ceremony, "Boiled down to its essence, the Department of Labor is the department of opportunity."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/speeches/20130904_Perez.htm |title=Remarks By Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez, Swearing-In Ceremony |publisher=United States Department of Labor |year=2013 |access-date=2014-08-08 |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707030002/http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/speeches/20130904_Perez.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
In April 2017, [[Alexander Acosta]] was confirmed as the new Secretary of Labor. In July 2019, Acosta resigned due to a scandal involving his role in the plea deal with [[Jeffrey Epstein]].<ref>{{cite news |last2=Jackson |first2=David |last1=Wu |first1=Nicholas |date=July 12, 2019 |title=Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigns amid Epstein plea fallout |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/12/labor-secretary-alex-acosta-resigned-amid-jeffrey-epstein-fallout/1681245001/ |work= | In April 2017, [[Alexander Acosta]] was confirmed as the new Secretary of Labor. In July 2019, Acosta resigned due to a scandal involving his role in the plea deal with [[Jeffrey Epstein]].<ref>{{cite news |last2=Jackson |first2=David |last1=Wu |first1=Nicholas |date=July 12, 2019 |title=Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta resigns amid Epstein plea fallout |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/12/labor-secretary-alex-acosta-resigned-amid-jeffrey-epstein-fallout/1681245001/ |work=USA Today |access-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-date=July 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720190052/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/12/labor-secretary-alex-acosta-resigned-amid-jeffrey-epstein-fallout/1681245001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was succeeded on September 30, 2019, by [[Eugene Scalia]]. Scalia served until the beginning of the Biden administration on January 20, 2021. [[Marty Walsh]] was confirmed as secretary on March 22, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Puzzanghera |first=Jim |date=March 22, 2021 |title=Senate Confirms Walsh as Labor Secretary |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/22/nation/senate-confirms-walsh-labor-secretary-janey-set-become-acting-boston-mayor/ |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804010039/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/22/nation/senate-confirms-walsh-labor-secretary-janey-set-become-acting-boston-mayor/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He resigned on March 11, 2023 and was succeeded by deputy secretary [[Julie Su]] who is currently serving in an acting position. | ||
==Agencies, boards, bureaus, offices, programs, library and corporation of the department== | ==Agencies, boards, bureaus, offices, programs, library and corporation of the department== | ||