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Big Answers for Small Businesses At the U.S. Department of Labor, we administer and enforce more than 180 federal lawsthat establish the rights of about 150 million workers in 10 million workplaces around the country. Most…

Celebrating the 1st Annual Youth Apprenticeship Week This year marks the Department of Labor’s first Annual Youth Apprenticeship Week. To kick off this inaugural celebration, Cierra Mitchell, division director of the Labor…

Waging the Fight for a Living Wage  A Bangladeshi worker at a garment factory that is part of the department-funded Better Work program. Credit: Better WorkIn Bangladesh’s ready-made garment sector, which produces many of the…

I am DOL: Paula Comer Supports Wage Recovery and More In our “I Am DOL” series, we’re highlighting employees who work in a wide range of roles at the Department of Labor but who all share a passion for public service.Paula…

How We've Saved 1,000 Trees (and Counting!) As we commemorate Earth Month 2024, the Department of Labor is proud to announce a major milestone: we have eliminated approximately 10 million pieces of paper through our…

The Power of Second Chances for Women Who Served Their Time In 2022, a woman named Shan Shan Burkett from Escambia County, Alabama, was given a second chance that transformed her life. Shan Shan had a history of incarceration…