The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is a cabinet-level agency in the

Government of Pennsylvania The Government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the governmental structure of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as established by the Pennsylvania Constitution. It is composed of three branches: executive, legislative and judicial. The capi ...

. The agency is charged with the task of overseeing the health and safety of workers, enforcement of the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code,

vocational rehabilitation Vocational rehabilitation, also abbreviated VR or voc rehab, is a process which enables persons with functional, psychological, developmental, cognitive, and emotional disabilities, impairments or health disabilities to overcome barriers to access ...

for people with disabilities, and administration of

unemployment benefits Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by authorized bodies to unemployment, unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are fun ...

and

Workers' compensation Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her emp ...

. When it was founded by Governor

John Kinley Tener John Kinley Tener (July 25, 1863May 19, 1946) was a Northern Irish born American politician and Major League Baseball player and executive. He served as the 25th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1911 until 1915. A Republican, he had previously ...

John Price Jackson John Price Jackson (27 September 1868, in Kennett Square – 2 April 1948) was an American electrical engineer and academic, civil servant and soldier. John was born into a quaker family in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. His parents were Josiah ...

was appointed as the first Commissioner. Jackson was confirmed in post by Governor

Martin Grove Brumbaugh Martin Grove Brumbaugh (April 14, 1862March 14, 1930) was an American Republican politician who served as the 26th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1915 until 1919. He is frequently referred to as M.G. Brumbaugh, as is common in the Brumbaugh fa ...

on 2 June 1917, but took a leave of absence from state office when accepted a Commission in the

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following the

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entry into the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

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* State agencies of Pennsylvania 1913 establishments in Pennsylvania Government agencies established in 1913 State departments of labor of the United States {{Pennsylvania-stub

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