Portal:Department of Labor
Department of Labor
The Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the 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 secretary of labor, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet.
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.
Organization
- Administrative Review Board (ARB)
- Benefits Review Board (BRB)
- Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT)
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiative (CFOI)
- Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
- Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)
- Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOMBD)
- Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
- Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ)
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM)
- Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy (OASP)
- Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
- Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs (OCIA)
- Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
- Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
- Office of Inspector General (OIG)
- Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
- Office of Public Affairs (OPA)
- Office of Public Liaison (OPL)
- Office of the Secretary (OSEC)
- Office of the Solicitor (SOL)
- Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization (OUIM)
- Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- PBGC Office of the Inspector General
- Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS)
- Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
- Women's Bureau (WB)
Programs
Partnerships
Organization chart
Political appointees
Programs and initiatives
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