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United States Department of Labor

Government Agency
Agency nameUnited States
Department of Labor
Agency overview
FormedMarch 4, 1913
Employees17,477 (2010)
Annual budget$126.3 billion (2009); $104.5 Billion (2010)
HeadquartersFrances Perkins Building
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC
Operational structure
Agency executivesHilda Solis, Secretary
Eliot Gross, Deputy Secretary

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The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The department is headed by the United States Secretary of Labor. Hilda Solis is the current Secretary of Labor. Seth Harris is the current Deputy Secretary of Labor.

The purpose of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare 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. 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 � 1945 and the first female cabinet secretary in U.S. history.

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This US Army safety film for war plant workers was produced in cooperation with the National Committee for the Conservation of Man-Power in War Industries of the US Department of Labor. It promoted worker safety on the home front in support of the US war effort during World War II. The National Committee for the Conservation of Manpower in War Industries was established in June 1940, for the purpose of assisting private plants producing war materials on Government contract in the control of industrial accidents and diseases. Its services consist of (1) direct consultant service with war plant management through the medium of dollar-a-year safety men employed by private industry, who devote part of their time to rendering advisory service to nearby contract plants; (2) the training of key production supervisors and union labor representatives through courses sponsored jointly with the United States Office of Education under the Engineering, Science, and Management War Training program, and the training of foremen under a program sponsored jointly with the National Safety Council and the Vocational Education Division of the office of Education; and (3) the preparation by staff safety technicians and outside consultants of informational and technical material on industrial accident and disease prevention. This film focuses on worker behavior as the key cause of workplace accidents rather than look at hazardous job conditions. In the past, based on this attitude, workers were <b>...</b>
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This is a video on the job losses report released by the US Labor Department on the job losses for the month of November. If you enjoy this please share this video with your friends, and subscribe to my channel. SOURCES: money.cnn.com www.iht.com www.reuters.com news.bbc.co.uk
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US unemployment dipped below 9 percent last month, as private employers added the most jobs since April. The US Labor Department released its monthly employment report Friday, showing the US economy picked up a net total of 192000 jobs in February. That brings the US jobless rate to 8.9 percent - the lowest in nearly two years and another sign that the US recovery is picking up steam.
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The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management held a hearing on "Red to Black: Improving the Collection of Delinquent Debt Owed to the Government." The hearing examined implementation of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and related efforts by the Department of the Treasury to increase the collection of delinquent debt owed to the United States Government. March 11, 2011
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Dr. Leonard J. Goldwater, a professor of medicine emeritus at Columbia and Duke Universities. His career spanned 60 years. He specialized in occupational medicine during the 1930's and 1940's, first with the New York State Department of Labor and then the United States Navy. In the 1950's he established the Bellevue Hospital cardiac rehabilitation clinic, which became a national prototype. He received a medical degree from the New York University College of Medicine in 1928, which was then known as University and Bellevue Hospital College of Medicine. After World War II he became a professor of industrial hygiene at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1970 he joined the Duke University Medical Center, where he organized the medical school's occupational medicine program. He retired from Duke in the mid-1970's. His stories include from his testimony at the 1936 Gauley Bridge Disaster hearings before the US Congress, to his work on benzene and blood dyscrasias in the late 1930's and early 1940's, through his extensive work on mercury and to his deposition testimony in the 1980's about the history of the knowledge of asbestos all gleaned from his work with the New York Department of Health, as Industrial Health Officer responsible for Navy shipyards during World War II and as a researcher and academic. This is clipped from an hour long informal oral history recorded in 1981 at the University of North Carolina. Thanks to Professor Carol Rice, Ph.D <b>...</b>
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Unemployment figure reaches it's highest level of 2011 as only 18000 non-governmental hires are made in June. What's worse, the unemployment figure went up despite the workforce participation rate falling to its lowest level since 1984. Read more about this story: "US Payrolls Rose 18000 in June; Jobless Rate Climbed to 9.2%" bloom.bg "Economy adds a weak 18000 jobs; unemployment rate is 9.2%" usat.ly Wikipedia: Labor force (discusses workforce participation rate) bit.ly Graph: Obama Administration's Unemployment Projection with and without 2009 stimulus reut.rs Come and follow Conservative New Media on Twitter -- be part of our growing Twitter network! twitter.com @ConservNewMedia Join the Conservative New Media Facebook group -- Over 1500 members and growing! on.fb.me #
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More signs that the world's largest economy is on the mend: The US Labor Department reported private employers hired more than 200000 new workers last month. That sent the nation's unemployment rate to 8.8 percent, the lowest level in two years.
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Fort Myers attorney comments on proposed rules under ERISA - Naples Daily News Tweet this news
Naples Daily News--The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, PA, is pleased to announce that Robert Forman, an employee benefits attorney in the firm's Business & Tax division, provided input and comments to the -United Sta - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:44:53 GMT+00:00
Disability advocate group seeks members - Delmarva Now Tweet this news
Delmarva Now--We began the Disability Advocates of Delmarva Inc. group about 18 years ago after the then-president of the -United States- decided to abolish the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities and fold it into the US - - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 08:34:16 GMT+00:00
United States: Wall Street greed hits new lows - Green Left Weekly Tweet this news
Green Left Weekly--The latest -United States Department of Labor's- Bureau of Labor Statistics report, released on 27 July 2010, said civilian workers' median hourly wage was $16.55. Private industry workers received $15.70 and state and local g - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:20:28 GMT+00:00
4/18/11 Making the most out of your college years - Counter Project Tweet this news
Counter Project--According to the -United States Department of Labor-, in 2009, 70 percent of high school grads went onto colleges and universities. Just think - that will make the workforce that much more competitive for you when you're finished wit - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:52:26 GMT+00:00
Fort Myers Attorney Robert Forman Provides Department of Labor Comments on ... - PR.com (press release) Tweet this news
PR.com (press release)--Southwest Florida employee benefits attorney, Robert Forman, provided comments to the -United States Department of Labor- on behalf of the Florida Bar Tax Section regarding the proposed modification under ERISA. Fort Myers, FL, Apr - Date : Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:05:43 GMT+00:00
Workers of all ages vie for McJobs - Boston Herald Tweet this news
Boston Herald--The unemployment rate for 16- to 19-year-olds jumped to 24.5 percent in March, up from 23.9 percent in February, according to the US -Department of Labor-. But the youngsters likely will face stiff competition � from their elders. ... - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:12:13 GMT+00:00
Business Bulletin Board - LubbockOnline.com Tweet this news
LubbockOnline.com---...- representing the four-state Southwest region of the -United States-. The Workforce Development Council was established in 1977 by the United Stated -Department of Labor- Employment and Training Council to identify key issues in wo - Date : Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:10:12 GMT+00:00
US wants higher conviction rate of human traffickers in the Philippines - Inquirer.net Tweet this news
Inquirer.net--MANILA, Philippines�The -United States- is seeking a higher conviction rate of human traffickers in the Philippines as the country faces a possible downgrade under American trafficking prevention standards, a step backward that might ... - Date : Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:16:54 GMT+00:00
US companies added lots of jobs last month - Register Tweet this news
Register--A snowy January put hiring in the -United States- on ice, but it looks like things thawed out a bit in February. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the arm of the US -Department of Labor- that counts the ... - Date : Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:24:27 GMT+00:00
BAVARO v. ASTRUE - Leagle.com Tweet this news
Leagle.com--Bavaro also challenges the transferability of her experience as a paint store clerk to the photo counter clerk position, based upon the numbering scheme of the -Department of Labor's- "Dictionary of Occupational Titles" - Date : Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:02:55 GMT+00:00

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|Past departments: Commerce and Labor * Health, Education, and Welfare * Navy * Post Office * War
Past departments: Commerce and Labor * Health, Education, and Welfare * Navy * Post Office * War

Agencies under the United States Department of Labor

Deputy Secretary of LaborAdministrative Review Board * Benefits Review Board * Bureau of International Labor Affairs * Bureau of Labor Statistics * Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives * Employees' Compensation Appeals Board * Employment Standards Administration * Employee Benefits Security Administration * Occupational Safety and Health Administration * Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs * Office of Labor-Management Standards * Office of Workers' Compensation Programs * Veterans' Employment and Training Service * Wage and Hour Division * Women's Bureau



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