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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…

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…

From coast to coast, the gender wage gap is worse for older women No matter where they live, older women face a considerable wage gap. Across all 50 states and the 35 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., they are paid…

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,…

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…