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| budget          = $14.6 billion (FY2023)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/budget/pdfs/FY2023BIB_ETA.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511112453/https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/budget/pdfs/FY2023BIB_ETA.pdf |archive-date=2023-05-11 |url-status=live |work=U.S. Department of Labor |year=2023 |publisher=U.S. federal government |title=FY 2023 Department of Labor Budget in Brief}}</ref>
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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 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&nbsp;million employers and 125&nbsp;million workers. Vince Micone is currently serving as Acting Secretary since January 20, 2025.

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==
[[File:Flag of the United States Department of Labor (1915-1960).svg|thumb|right|The former flag of the U.S. Department of Labor, used from 1914 to 1960]]

In 1884, the [[Congress of the United States|U.S.&nbsp;Congress]] first established a [[Bureau of Labor Statistics]] with the Bureau of Labor Act,<ref>[[Bureau of Labor Statistics]]</ref> to collect information about labor and employment. This bureau was under the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]]. The Bureau started collecting economic data in 1884, and published their first report in 1886.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bls.gov/bls/history/commissioners/wright.htm |title=Bls.gov |access-date=July 25, 2014 |archive-date=July 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704052612/http://www.bls.gov/bls/history/commissioners/wright.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 [[United States Department of Commerce and Labor|Department of Commerce and Labor]] was established.

United States President [[William Howard Taft]] signed the March 4, 1913, bill (the last day of his presidency), establishing the Department of Labor as its own [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]-level department. [[William Bauchop Wilson|William B. Wilson]] was appointed as the first Secretary of Labor on March 5, 1913, by President Wilson.<ref>[[William Bauchop Wilson]]</ref> As part of this action, the [[United States Conciliation Service]] was created as an agency within the department; its purpose was to provide [[mediation]] for [[labor dispute]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kampelman |first=Max M. |title=The United States Conciliation Service |journal=Minnesota Law Review |date=1947 |url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1932 |volume=31 |pages=680ff |access-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926002554/https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/1932/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 1919, Secretary Wilson chaired the first meeting of the [[International Labour Organization]] even though the U.S. was not yet a member.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iga.ucdavis.edu/Research/All-UC/conferences/2006-fall/Jensen.pdf |title=Iga.ucdavis.edu |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305100345/http://www.iga.ucdavis.edu/Research/All-UC/conferences/2006-fall/Jensen.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In September 1916, the [[Federal Employees' Compensation Act]] 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bls.gov/mlr/1991/09/art1full.pdf |title=Bls.gov |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212738/http://www.bls.gov/mlr/1991/09/art1full.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[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.

The passage of the [[Taft–Hartley Act]] in 1947 led to the end of the U.S. Conciliation Service, which was reconstituted outside the department as a new independent agency, the [[Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (United States)|Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Stark |first=Louis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/06/24/archives/analysis-of-the-labor-act-shows-changed-era-at-hand-for-industry.html |title=Analysis of the Labor Act Shows Changed Era at Hand for Industry |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 24, 1947 |pages=1, 4 |access-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926002556/https://www.nytimes.com/1947/06/24/archives/analysis-of-the-labor-act-shows-changed-era-at-hand-for-industry.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.

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 1978, the Department of Labor created the [[Philip Arnow|Philip Arnow Award]], intended to recognize outstanding career employees such as the [[eponymous]] Philip Arnow.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=DIRECTIVES&p_id=1495 |title=PER 00-00-001 - ADM 2.1 - Employee Recognition Program |date= October 30, 1978  |website=Occupational Safety and Health Administration |access-date=2017-03-17 |archive-date=March 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317233805/https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=DIRECTIVES&p_id=1495 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the same year, [[Carin Clauss]] became the department's first female solicitor of the department.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://madison.com/carin-clauss--present/article_84e64f98-3843-56fc-9a0d-0a1ba21cce8c.html |title=Carin Clauss (1939-present) |website=madison.com |date=March 3, 2017 |access-date=2019-05-30 |archive-date=May 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530071138/https://madison.com/carin-clauss--present/article_84e64f98-3843-56fc-9a0d-0a1ba21cce8c.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2010, a local of the [[American Federation of Government Employees]] stated their unhappiness that a longstanding [[flextime]] program reduced under the [[George W. Bush administration]] had not been restored under the [[Obama administration]].<ref name="wapo-local">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/22/AR2010042205756.html |title=AFGE pushes for flextime at Labor Department |author=Kamen, Al |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2010-04-23 |access-date=2010-04-26 |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021072224/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/22/AR2010042205756.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Department officials said the program was modern and fair and that it was part of ongoing contract negotiations with the local.<ref name="wapo-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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/rankings/overall/large |title=Best Places to Work &gt; Overall Index Scores |publisher=[[Partnership for Public Service]] |year=2010 |access-date=2010-09-01 |archive-date=September 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903172102/http://www.bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/rankings/overall/large |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In December 2010, Secretary of Labor [[Hilda Solis]] was named the chair of the [[United States Interagency Council on Homelessness|U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness]],<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.usich.gov/about_us/ |title=About USICH |website=United States Interagency Council on Homelessness |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721071931/http://www.usich.gov/about_us/ |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=2013-08-12}}</ref> of which Labor has been a member since its beginnings in 1987.

In July 2011, [[Ray Jefferson]], Assistant Secretary for [[Veterans' Employment and Training Service|VETS]] resigned due to his involvement in a contracting scandal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allgov.com/Appointments_and_Resignations/ViewNews/Labor_Official_Resigns_Following_Corruption_Investigation__Who_is_Raymond_Jefferson_110730 |title=Labor Official Resigns Following Corruption Investigation: Who is Raymond Jefferson? |date=July 30, 2011 |website=AllGov |first1=Matt |last1=Bewig |first2=Noel |last2=Brinkerhoff |access-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-date=September 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921170135/http://www.allgov.com/Appointments_and_Resignations/ViewNews/Labor_Official_Resigns_Following_Corruption_Investigation__Who_is_Raymond_Jefferson_110730 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/raymond-jefferson-leaves-labor-department-after-ethics-finding/2011/07/28/gIQA3gdwfI_story.html |url-access=subscription |first1= Steve |last1=Vogel |title=Raymond Jefferson leaves Labor Department after ethics finding |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-07-25 |access-date=2014-02-07 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115123346/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/raymond-jefferson-leaves-labor-department-after-ethics-finding/2011/07/28/gIQA3gdwfI_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/article_94746384-b932-11e0-b6a3-001a4bcf6878.html |title=McCaskill criticizes Labor Department contracting 'boondoggle' |first1=Bill |last1=Lambrecht |url-access=subscription |publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=2011-07-28 |access-date=2014-02-07 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903144323/http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/article_94746384-b932-11e0-b6a3-001a4bcf6878.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2013, the department began commemorating its centennial.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dol.gov/100/ |website=United States Department of Labor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228033512/http://www.dol.gov/100/ |archive-date=February 28, 2013 |access-date=2013-08-12 |title=DOL's 100th Anniversary |url-status=dead }}</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> Walsh resigned on March 11, 2023 and was succeeded by deputy secretary [[Julie Su]], who served in an acting position until January 20, 2025.

==Agencies, boards, bureaus, offices, programs, library and corporation of the department==
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* [[Administrative Review Board (Labor)|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)
* [[OFCCP|Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs]] (OFCCP)
* [[U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General|Office of Inspector General]] (OIG)
* [[The Office of Labor-Management Standards|Office of Labor-Management Standards]] (OLMS)
* Office of Public Affairs (OPA)
* [[Office of Public Engagement (Labor)|Office of Public Liaison]] (OPL)
* [[United States Secretary of Labor|Office of the Secretary]] (OSEC)
**[[United States Deputy Secretary of Labor|Office of the Deputy Secretary]]
* [[United States Solicitor of Labor|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)
* [[United States Women's Bureau|Women's Bureau]] (WB){{div col end}}

===Other===
* [[Wirtz Labor Library]]
* [[Job Corps]]

== Relevant legislation ==<!-- This section is linked from [[List of United States federal legislation]] -->
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* 1926: [[Railway Labor Act]]
* 1947: [[Taft–Hartley Act]] PL 80-101
* 1949: [[Fair Labor Standards Amendment]] PL 81-393
* 1953: [[Small Business Administration|Small Business Act]] PL 83-163
* 1954: [[Internal Revenue Code]] PL 83-591
* 1955: [[Fair Labor Standards Amendment]] PL 84-381
* 1958: [[Small Business Administration extension]] PL 85-536
* 1961: [[Fair Labor Standards Amendment]] PL 87-30
* 1961: [[Area Redevelopment Act]] PL 87-27
* 1962: [[Manpower Development and Training Act]] PL 87-415
* 1962: [[Public Welfare Amendments]] PL 87-543
* 1963: [[Amendments to National Defense Education Act]] PL 88-210
* 1964: [[Economic Opportunity Act]] PL 88-452
* 1965: [[Vocational Rehabilitation Act]] amended PL 89-333
* 1965: [[Executive Order 11246]], rescinded by Secretary’s Order 03-2025.<ref>https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OPA/newsreleases/2025/01/Secretarys-Order-03-2025.pdf</ref>
* 1965: [[McNamara–O'Hara Service Contract Act]]
* 1966: [[Fair Labor Standards Amendment]] PL 89-601
* 1970: [[Occupational Safety and Health Act]]
* 1973: [[Comprehensive Employment and Training Act]] PL 93-203
* 1973: Section 503 of the [[Rehabilitation Act]] PL 93-112
* 1974: [[Fair Labor Standards Amendment]] PL 93-259
* 1974: [[Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act]] PL 92-540
* 1974: [[Employee Retirement Income Security Act]] of 1974 (ERISA) Pub.L. 93-406
* 1975: [[Revenue Adjustment Act]] ([[Earned Income Tax Credit]]) PL 94-12, 164
* 1976: Overhaul of [[vocational education]] programs PL 94-482
* 1976: [[Social Security Act Amendments]] (Aid to [[Day Care Center]]s) PL 94-401
* 1977: [[Fair Labor Standards Amendment]] PL 95-151
* 1977: [[Federal Mine Safety Act|Federal Mine Safety and Health Act]]
* 1978: [[Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act]] PL 95-523
* 1981: [[Budget Reconciliation Act]] PL 97-35
* 1982: [[Job Training Partnership Act]] PL 97-300
* 1983: [[Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act]] PL 99-603
* 1988: [[Family Support Act]] PL 100-485
* 1988: [[Employee Polygraph Protection Act]]
* 1989: [[Fair Labor Standards Amendment]] PL 101-157
* 1990: [[Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act]] PL 101-508
* 1993: [[Family and Medical Leave Act]] PL 103-3
* 1993: [[Omnibus Budget Reconciliation and Bankruptcy Act]] PL 103-66
* 1996: [[Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996]] PL 104-188
* 1996: [[Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act]] PL 104-193
* 1996: [[Veterans Employment Opportunities Act]] PL 105-339
* 1998: [[Workforce Investment Act of 1998]]
* 2014: [[Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act]]
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==See also==
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* [[Ministry of Labour]] links to articles on national ministries or departments worldwide, and US states
* [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]]
* [[National Labor Relations Board]]
* [[Occupational Information Network]] ([[Holland Codes]])
* [[Ticket to Work]]
* [[Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations]], on Employee's benefits

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Goldberg, Joseph P., and William T. Moye. ''The first hundred years of the Bureau of Labor Statistics'' (US Department of Labor, 1985) [https://books.google.com/books?id=0l_7OhlmDIEC&dq=%22U.S.+Department+of+Labor%22+history&pg=PA1 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]

* {{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 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/historicalguidet0000unse_g5y0/page/352/mode/2up?view=theater |chapter=Labor, Department of |first=Judson |last=MacLaury |title=A Historical Guide to the U.S. Government |date=October 28, 1998 |editor-first=George Thomas |editor-last=Kurian |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |pages=353&ndash;360 |isbn=978-0-19-510230-7}} Available in slightly revised form as {{cite web |url=https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/dolhistoxford |title=A Brief History: The U.S. Department of Labor |first=Judson |last=MacLaury |publisher=United States Department of Labor |access-date=September 24, 2023}}

* 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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* [https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-labor Department of Labor] on [[Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006|USAspending.gov]]
* [https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department U.S. Department of Labor] in the ''[[Federal Register]]''
* [https://www.gao.gov/agencies/department-labor Department of Labor] reports and recommendations from the [[Government Accountability Office]]

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