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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Department of Labor
|OrganizationType=Executive agency
|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
|TopOrganization=Executive branch
|CreationLegislation=Act of Congress on March 4, 1913
|Employees=15000
|Budget=$14.7 billion
|OrganizationExecutive=Secretary of Labor
|Services=The DOL provides services such as enforcing labor laws, administering employment and training programs, ensuring workplace safety, and managing unemployment insurance. It also oversees apprenticeship programs, supports employee benefits, promotes worker rights, provides statistical data on labor markets, and works to prevent workplace discrimination through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, although the EEOC is an independent agency.
|Regulations=The DOL oversees regulations related to wages, hours of work, occupational safety and health, unemployment insurance, job training and employment services, worker compensation, labor statistics, employee benefits, child labor, and labor-management relations. It enforces laws like the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for minimum wage and overtime, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) for workplace safety, and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for retirement and health plan benefits, among others.
|HeadquartersLocation=38.89363, -77.01442
|HeadquartersAddress=200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210
|Website=https://www.dol.gov
|Wikipedia=United States Department of Labor
}}
{{Short description|U.S. federal government department}}
{{Short description|U.S. federal government department}}
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The '''United States Department of Labor''' ('''DOL''') is one of the [[United States federal executive departments|executive departments]] of the [[federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]]. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing [[occupational safety and health]], wage and hour standards, [[unemployment benefits]], reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics. It is headed by the [[United States Secretary of Labor|secretary of labor]], who reports directly to the [[president of the United States]] and is a member of the president's [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]].
The '''[[Department of Labor]]''' ('''DOL''') is one of the [[United States federal executive departments|executive departments]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]]. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics. It is headed by the [[United States Secretary of Labor|secretary of labor]], who reports directly to the [[president of the United States]] and is a member of the president's [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]].


The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the well-being of the wage earners, job seekers, and [[retiree]]s of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights. In carrying out this mission, the Department of Labor administers and enforces more than 180 federal laws and thousands of federal regulations. These mandates and the regulations that implement them cover many workplace activities for about 10 million employers and 125 million workers. [[Julie Su]] is currently serving as acting secretary since March 11, 2023, following the resignation of [[Marty Walsh]].
The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the well-being 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. In carrying out this mission, the Department of Labor administers and enforces more than 180 federal laws and thousands of federal regulations. These mandates and the regulations that implement them cover many workplace activities for about 10 million employers and 125 million workers.


The department's headquarters is housed in the [[Frances Perkins Building]], named in honor of [[Frances Perkins]], the Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945.
The department's headquarters is housed in the Frances Perkins Building, named in honor of Frances Perkins, the Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945.


==History==
==History==
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During the [[John F. Kennedy Administration]], planning was undertaken to consolidate most of the department's offices, then scattered around more than 20 locations. In the mid‑1960s, construction on the "New Labor Building" began and construction was finished in 1975. In 1980, it was named in honor of Frances Perkins.
During the [[John F. Kennedy Administration]], planning was undertaken to consolidate most of the department's offices, then scattered around more than 20 locations. In the mid‑1960s, construction on the "New Labor Building" began and construction was finished in 1975. In 1980, it was named in honor of Frances Perkins.


[[President of the United States|President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] asked Congress to consider the idea of reuniting Commerce and Labor.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lowi |first=Theodore J. |date=July 1967 |title=Why Merge Commerce and Labor? |journal=Challenge |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=12–15 |doi=10.1080/05775132.1967.11469948 |issn=0577-5132}}</ref>{{None}} He argued that the two departments had similar goals and that they would have more efficient channels of communication in a single department. However, Congress never acted on it.
[[President of the United States|President]] Lyndon B. Johnson asked Congress to consider the idea of reuniting Commerce and Labor.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lowi |first=Theodore J. |date=July 1967 |title=Why Merge Commerce and Labor? |journal=Challenge |volume=15 |issue=6 |pages=12–15 |doi=10.1080/05775132.1967.11469948 |issn=0577-5132}}</ref>{{None}} He argued that the two departments had similar goals and that they would have more efficient channels of communication in a single department. However, Congress never acted on it.


In the 1970s, following the [[civil rights movement]], the Labor Department under Secretary [[George P. Shultz]] made a concerted effort to promote racial diversity in [[Labor unions in the United States|unions]].<ref name="'70s 243">{{cite book |title=How We Got Here: The '70s |last=Frum |first=David |author-link=David Frum |year=2000 |publisher=Basic Books |location=New York, New York |isbn=0-465-04195-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/243 243] |url=https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/243 |url-access=registration}}</ref>
In the 1970s, following the [[civil rights movement]], the Labor Department under Secretary [[George P. Shultz]] made a concerted effort to promote racial diversity in [[Labor unions in the United States|unions]].<ref name="'70s 243">{{cite book |title=How We Got Here: The '70s |last=Frum |first=David |author-link=David Frum |year=2000 |publisher=Basic Books |location=New York, New York |isbn=0-465-04195-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/243 243] |url=https://archive.org/details/howwegothere70sd00frum/page/243 |url-access=registration}}</ref>
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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=[[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.
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==
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* Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ)
* Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ)
* Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM)
* Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM)
** Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
* Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP)
* Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP)
* Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
* Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
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* [[Office of Public Engagement (Labor)|Office of Public Liaison]] (OPL)
* [[Office of Public Engagement (Labor)|Office of Public Liaison]] (OPL)
* [[United States Secretary of Labor|Office of the Secretary]] (OSEC)
* [[United States Secretary of Labor|Office of the Secretary]] (OSEC)
**[[United States Deputy Secretary of Labor|Office of the Deputy Secretary]]
[[United States Deputy Secretary of Labor|Office of the Deputy Secretary]]
* [[United States Solicitor of Labor|Office of the Solicitor]] (SOL)
* [[United States Solicitor of Labor|Office of the Solicitor]] (SOL)
* Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization (OUIM)
* Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization (OUIM)
* [[Office of Workers' Compensation Programs]] (OWCP)
* [[Office of Workers' Compensation Programs]] (OWCP)
* [[Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation]]
* [[Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation]]
** PBGC Office of the Inspector General
PBGC Office of the Inspector General
* [[Veterans' Employment and Training Service]] (VETS)
* [[Veterans' Employment and Training Service]] (VETS)
* [[Wage and Hour Division]] (WHD)
* [[Wage and Hour Division]] (WHD)
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* Laughlin, Kathleen A. ''Women's work and public policy: A history of the Women's Bureau, US Department of Labor, 1945-1970'' (Northeastern UP, 2000). [https://archive.org/details/womensworkpublic0000laug online]
* Laughlin, Kathleen A. ''Women's work and public policy: A history of the Women's Bureau, US Department of Labor, 1945-1970'' (Northeastern UP, 2000). [https://archive.org/details/womensworkpublic0000laug online]
** Boris, Eileen. "Women's Work and Public Policy: a History of the Women's Bureau, US Department of Labor, 1945-1970." ''NWSA Journal'' 14#1 (2002), pp. 201-207 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4316881 online]
Boris, Eileen. "Women's Work and Public Policy: a History of the Women's Bureau, US Department of Labor, 1945-1970." ''NWSA Journal'' 14#1 (2002), pp. 201-207 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4316881 online]


* {{cite book |first=John |last=Lombardi |title=Labor's Voice in the Cabinet: A History of the Department of Labor from Its Origins to 1921 |location=New York |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=1942}}
* {{cite book |first=John |last=Lombardi |title=Labor's Voice in the Cabinet: A History of the Department of Labor from Its Origins to 1921 |location=New York |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=1942}}
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