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Far from home, worker calls Labor Department, desperate for help It was my fourth year as a Wage and Hour investigator when I got the call that would lead me to a powerful lesson: As a U.S. Department of Labor employee, I can…

No golden years: The wage gap for older women of color Older women workers of color face wage penalties for their age, their gender and their race. Indeed, the wage gap for full-time, full-year workers is particularly sizable…

A tale of our top 2024 memes A lot has happened this year, and we’ve had a lot of fun sharing the work the Department of Labor has done on our social media channels. Let’s take a moment to look back at the year’s most…

Another year prioritizing miners’ safety and health and mining communities Following deadly disasters that haunted mining communities and thousands of miners stricken by occupational illnesses such as black lung disease,…

Celebrating two years of the PUMP Act When my mother was pregnant with me, she was a farmworker in South Carolina working the seasonal tobacco harvest. A few months after my birth, when she returned to work full-time, she no…

Equitable Transition Models: Improving employment opportunities for disabled youth As 2025 begins to ramp up, so do the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy’s(ODEP) Equitable Transition Model…

Year in review: Five major IT innovations in 2024 The Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has been hard at work over the past year, dedicated to championing IT innovations with America’s workers in mind. Here are…

How to improve women’s retirement security in 2025 Saving for old age is challenging for most people, but recent data suggest women are less likely than men to consider their retirement savings on-track. Nearly half of…

Updating procedures to protect female federal firefighters and their families Under my leadership, the Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) has just taken a transformative step forward in…