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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the 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.
The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General (DOL OIG) is one of the Inspector General offices created by the Inspector General Act of 1978. [1] The Inspector General for the Department of Labor is charged with investigating and auditing department programs to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. [1]
In 1940, all Department attorneys and legal personnel were transferred to the supervision of the solicitor of labor. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] In the 1980s, the office attracted attention for delays in cases enforcing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 , [ 7 ] and for not seeking the maximum compensation for back wages due under the Fair ...
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In the fiscal year 2024, the Department of Labor concluded 736 investigations uncovering child labor violations that affected 4,030 children and assessed employers more than $15.1 million in ...
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor. OFCCP is responsible for ensuring that employers doing business with the federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring nondiscrimination.
Starbucks workers in New York City have filed 14 more complaints alleging that the coffee giant violated the city’s labor laws.. New York’s Fair Workweek law says that employers have to give ...
Former Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. (now demolished). The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service was created as an independent agency of the federal government under the terms of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (better known as the Taft–Hartley Act) to replace the United States Conciliation Service that previously operated within ...