The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the
executive departments of the
U.S. federal government
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. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing
occupational safety and health
Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at wor ...
, wage and hour standards,
unemployment benefits
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, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics. It is headed by the
Secretary of Labor, who reports directly to the
President of the United States
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and is a member of the president's
Cabinet
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.
The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the well being of the wage earners, job seekers, and
retiree
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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.
Marty Walsh
Martin Joseph Walsh (born April 10, 1967) is an American politician and former union official. He has been the 29th United States Secretary of Labor since March 23, 2021. A Democrat, he previously served as the 54th mayor of Boston from 2014, ...
is the current secretary, having been confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on March 22, 2021.
The department's headquarters is housed in the
Frances Perkins Building
The Frances Perkins Building is the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the United States Department of Labor. It is located at 200 Constitution Avenue NW and sits above Interstate 395. The structure is named after Frances Perkins, the U.S. Sec ...
, named in honor of
Frances Perkins, the Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945.
History
In 1884, the
U.S. Congress first established a
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics and serves as a principal agency of t ...
with the Bureau of Labor Act, to collect information about labor and employment. This bureau was under the
Department of the Interior. The Bureau started collecting economic data in 1884, and published their first report in 1886. Later, in 1888, the Bureau of Labor became an independent Department of Labor, but lacked executive rank.
In February 1903, it became a bureau again when the
Department of Commerce and Labor
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a short-lived Cabinet department of the United States government, which was concerned with fostering and supervising big business.
Origins and establishment
Calls in the United States for ...
was established. United States President
William Howard Taft
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signed the March 4, 1913, bill (the last day of his presidency), establishing the Department of Labor as a
Cabinet
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
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* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filing ...
-level department.
William B. Wilson was appointed as the first Secretary of Labor on March 5, 1913, by President Wilson. In October 1919, Secretary Wilson chaired the first meeting of the
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...
even though the U.S. was not yet a member.
In September 1916, the
Federal Employees' Compensation Act
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introduced benefits to workers who are injured or contract illnesses in the workplace. The act established an agency responsible for federal workers’ compensation, which was transferred to the Labor Department in the 1940s and has become known as the
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers four major disability compensation programs which provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation and other benefits to certain workers or their dependents wh ...
.
Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet member, was appointed to be Secretary of Labor by President Roosevelt on March 4, 1933. Perkins served for 12 years, and became the longest-serving Secretary of Labor.
During the
John F. Kennedy Administration
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, 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
President most commonly refers to:
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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asked Congress to consider the idea of reuniting Commerce and Labor. 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
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, the Labor Department under Secretary
George P. Shultz
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made a concerted effort to promote racial diversity in
unions.
In 1978, the Department of Labor created the
Philip Arnow Award, intended to recognize outstanding career employees such as the
eponymous
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Usage of the word
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Philip Arnow. In the same year,
Carin Clauss
Carin Ann Clauss (born January 24, 1939) was the first female United States Solicitor of Labor.
Early life
Carin Ann Clauss was born on January 24, 1939, in Knoxville, Tennessee. She attended Vassar College, graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor ...
became the department's first female solicitor of the department.
In 2010, a local of the
American Federation of Government Employees
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is an American labor union representing over 670,000 employees of the federal government, about 5,000 employees of the District of Columbia, and a few hundred private sector employees, mo ...
stated their unhappiness that a longstanding
flextime
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program reduced under the
George W. Bush administration
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had not been restored under the
Obama administration.
Department officials said the program was modern and fair and that it was part of ongoing contract negotiations with the local.
In August 2010, the
Partnership for Public Service ranked the Department of Labor 23rd out of 31 large agencies in its annual "Best Places to Work in the Federal Government" list.
In December 2010, then–Department of Labor Secretary
Hilda Solis
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was named the chair of the
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, of which Labor has been a member since its beginnings in 1987.
In July 2011,
Ray Jefferson
Ray Jefferson is an American government official and retired military officer who served as assistant secretary of labor for the Veterans' Employment and Training Service. He graduated from the United States Military Academy and served in the Unit ...
, Assistant Secretary for
VETS resigned due to his involvement in a contracting scandal.
In March 2013, the department began commemorating its centennial.
In July 2013,
Tom Perez
Thomas Edward Perez (born October 7, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the Chair of the Democratic National Committee from February 2017 until January 2021. Perez was previously Assistant Attorney General for Civil Righ ...
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."
In April 2017,
Alexander Acosta
Rene Alexander Acosta (born January 16, 1969) is an American attorney and politician, who served as the 27th United States Secretary of Labor from 2017 to 2019. President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to be Labor Secretary on , and he was confir ...
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
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. He was succeeded on September 30, 2019, by
Eugene Scalia
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. Scalia served until the beginning of the Biden administration on January 20, 2021. The present
Secretary
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is
Marty Walsh
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.
Freedom of Information Act processing performance
In the latest
Center for Effective Government
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analysis of 15 federal agencies which receive the most
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, published in 2015 (using 2012 and 2013 data, the most recent years available), the Labor Department earned a D by scoring 63 out of a possible 100 points, i.e., did not earn a satisfactory overall grade.
Making the Grade: Access to Information Scorecard 2015
March 2015, 80 pages, Center for Effective Government
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, retrieved 21 March 2016
Agencies, boards, offices, programs, library and corporation of the department
* Administrative Review Board
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The purpose of the Board is to re ...
(ARB)
* Benefits Review Board (BRB)
* Bureau of International Labor Affairs
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''“The Bureau of International La ...
(ILAB)
* Bureau of Labor Statistics
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(BLS)
* Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiative (CFOI)
* Employee Benefits Security Administration
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(EBSA)
* Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)
* Ombudsman
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for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) was passed by Congress in 2000 and is designed to compensate individuals who worked in nuclear weapons production and as a result of occupational exposures contracted certa ...
(EEOMBD)
* Employment and Training Administration
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(ETA)
* Mine Safety and Health Administration
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(MSHA)
* Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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(OSHA)
* Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
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(OFCCP)
* Office of Inspector General
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(OIG)
* Office of Labor-Management Standards
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Activities
OLMS administers and enfo ...
(OLMS)
* Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs administers four major disability compensation programs which provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation and other benefits to certain workers or their dependents wh ...
(OWCP)
* Veterans' Employment and Training Service
The United States Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment and Training (OASVET) was established by Secretary's Order No. 5-81 in December 1981.
The assistant secretary position was created by P.L. 96-466 in October 1980, to rep ...
(VETS)
* Wage and Hour Division
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(WHD)
* Women's Bureau
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(WB)
* Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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** PBGC Office of the Inspector General
* Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ)
* Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs (OCIA)
* 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 Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
* Office of Public Affairs (OPA)
* Office of Public Liaison
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(OPL)
* Office of Unemployment Insurance Modernization (OUIM)
* Office of the Solicitor (SOL)
* Office of the Secretary (OSEC)
** Office of the Deputy Secretary
Other
* Wirtz Labor Library
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* Job Corps
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Mission and purpose
Job Corps' mission is to help young people ages 16 throug ...
Related legislation
* 1926: Railway Labor Act
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* 1949: Fair Labor Standards Amendment
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PL 81-393
* 1953: Small Business Act PL 83-163
* 1954: Internal Revenue Code PL 83-591
* 1955: Fair Labor Standards Amendment
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppr ...
PL 84-381
* 1958: Small Business Administration extension PL 85-536
* 1961: Fair Labor Standards Amendment
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppr ...
PL 87-30
* 1961: Area Redevelopment Act PL 87-27
* 1962: Manpower Development and Training Act
The term ''New Frontier'' was used by Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as the ...
PL 87-415
* 1962: Public Welfare Amendments PL 87-543
* 1963: Amendments to National Defense Education Act An amendment is a formal or official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or other legal instrument, legal document. It is based on the verb to amend, which means to change for better. Amendments can add, remove, or update parts of these ...
PL 88-210
* 1964: Economic Opportunity Act
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 () authorized the formation of local Community Action Agencies as part of the War on Poverty. These agencies are directly regulated by the federal government. "It is the purpose of The Economic Opportunity Ac ...
PL 88-452
* 1965: Vocational Rehabilitation Act amended PL 89-333
* 1965: Executive Order 11246
Executive Order 11246, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 24, 1965, established requirements for non-discriminatory practices in hiring and employment on the part of U.S. government contractors. It "prohibits federal contractors a ...
* 1965: McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act
* 1966: Fair Labor Standards Amendment
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppr ...
PL 89-601
* 1970: Occupational Safety and Health Act
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* 1973: Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
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PL 93-203
* 1973: Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
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PL 93-112
* 1974: Fair Labor Standards Amendment
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppr ...
PL 93-259
* 1974: Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act
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PL 92-540
* 1974: Employee Retirement Income Security Act
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of 1974 (ERISA) Pub.L. 93-406
* 1975: Revenue Adjustment Act (Earned Income Tax Credit
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) PL 94-12, 164
* 1976: Overhaul of vocational education
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programs PL 94-482
* 1976: Social Security Act Amendments (Aid to Day Care Center
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s) PL 94-401
* 1977: Fair Labor Standards Amendment
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PL 95-151
* 1977: Federal Mine Safety and Health Act
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The S ...
* 1978: Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act
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PL 95-523
* 1981: Budget Reconciliation Act PL 97-35
* 1982: Job Training Partnership Act
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PL 97-300
* 1983: Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act
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PL 99-603
* 1988: Family Support Act
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PL 100-485
* 1988: Employee Polygraph Protection Act
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* 1989: Fair Labor Standards Amendment
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppr ...
PL 101-157
* 1990: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act PL 101-508
* 1993: Family and Medical Leave Act
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PL 103-3
* 1993: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation and Bankruptcy Act PL 103-66
* 1996: Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 The Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 () is a United States federal law. It was sponsored by Rep. Bill Archer ( R- TX) and it was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
The stated intent of the bill is:
"To provide tax relief for small ...
PL 104-188
* 1996: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
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PL 104-193
* 1996: Veterans Employment Opportunities Act PL 105-339
* 1998: Workforce Investment Act of 1998 The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA, ) was a United States federal law that was repealed and replaced by the 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
Purpose
The Workforce Investment Act is a federal act that "provides workforce investm ...
* 2014: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
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See also
* Ministry of Labour
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links to articles on national ministries or departments worldwide, and US states
* Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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* National Labor Relations Board
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* Occupational Information Network The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) is a free online database that contains hundreds of job definitions to help students, job seekers, businesses and workforce development professionals to understand today's world of work in the United Stat ...
(Holland Codes
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This free and voluntary program supports career development for ...]
* Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR Title 20 – Employees' Benefits is one of 50 titles composing the United States Code of Federal Regulations
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, on Employee's benefits
Notes and references
Bibliography
* Goldberg, Joseph P., and William T. Moye. ''The first hundred years of the Bureau of Labor Statistics'' (US Department of Labor, 1985
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)
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. 201-20
online
*
* Ritchie, Melinda N. "Back-channel representation: a study of the strategic communication of senators with the us Department of Labor." ''Journal of Politics'' 80.1 (2018): 240-253.
External links
*
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in the ''Federal Register
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Labor
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** Organized labour and the la ...