Department of Labor Websites
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Benefits Review Board The Benefits Review Board's mission is to issue decisions on pending appeals with expediency, consistency, and impartiality, per its statutory standard of review and applicable law. The Board exercises the appellate review authority formerly exercised by the United States District Courts. Board decisions may be appealed to the U.S. Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, businesses, and labor representatives. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the United States Department of Labor and researches the income levels families need to maintain a satisfactory quality of life. |
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Employee Benefits Security Administration The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) regulates and enforces the provisions of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The EBSA is organized into nine program offices and 15 regional and district field offices throughout the U.S. to conduct investigations to detect and correct violations of Title I of ERISA and related criminal laws and answer inquiries and complaints received by phone, mail, electronically, or in person. |
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Employment and Training Administration The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) aims to provide training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services. ETA administers federal government job training and worker dislocation programs, federal grants to states for public employment service programs, and unemployment insurance benefits. These services are primarily provided through state and local workforce development systems. |
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Job Corps Job Corps offers free-of-charge education and vocational training to men and women ages 16 to 24. Their mission is to help young people improve the quality of their lives through vocational and academic training aimed at gainful employment and career pathways. Applicants to the Job Corps program are identified and screened for eligibility by organizations contracted by the U.S. Department of Labor. |
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a regulatory whose mission is to "assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach, education, and assistance." OSHA enforces various whistleblower statutes and regulations. It covers most private-sector employers and their workers and some public-sector employers. |
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Office of Inspector General The Department of Labor (DOL) Inspector General (IG) investigates and audits department programs to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. The Office of Inspector General conducts audits to review the effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and integrity of all DOL programs and operations. It also conducts criminal, civil, and administrative investigations into alleged violations of federal laws relating to DOL programs, operations, and personnel. |
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Office of Workers' Compensation Programs The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers four major disability compensation programs. These programs provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation, and other benefits to certain workers or their dependents who experience work-related injury or occupational disease. |
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Veterans' Employment and Training Service The Veterans' Employment and Training Service assesses veterans' employment and training needs and their integration into the workforce. It determines the extent to which the U.S. Department of Labor programs and activities meet such needs, assists with outreach to employers related to the advantages of hiring veterans, and makes recommendations about training and employer outreach activities to advance veteran employment. |
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Women's Bureau The Women's Bureau (WB) works to create parity for women in the labor force by conducting research and policy analysis, informing and promoting policy change, and increasing public awareness and education. The WB formulates policies and standards to promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. |
