United States Department of Labor

The Department of Labor’s mission is to promote the welfare and rights of workers while ensuring fair, safe, and lawful employment conditions. The U.S. Department of Labor is a federal agency responsible for protecting workers’ rights, improving working conditions, and expanding employment opportunities by enforcing more than 180 labor laws that govern wages, overtime, child labor, and workplace safety; overseeing agencies like OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration; administering unemployment insurance and reemployment services; funding workforce development and job training programs; producing key national labor statistics through the Bureau of Labor Statistics; enforcing retirement and health benefit protections under ERISA; and monitoring international labor standards to ensure fair labor practices at home and abroad. ***All publications posted are sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor website and include proper attribution.