U.S. Department of Labor Blog

On Workers Memorial Day, we honor the working people who lost their lives on the job and mourn with the families and friends left behind.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration marks a half century of protecting workers.

As ODEP celebrates it's 20th year, human resource compliance professional Alicia Wallace explains how it helps those in her profession do their jobs better.

The Essential Workers, Essential Protections initiative will ensure that workers know about the wage and hour laws that protect them – and how to contact us if they need help.

Looking for a new job or considering a career change? Passionate about the environment? Here are nine jobs you should know about.

When it comes to saving for retirement, there is no such thing as starting to save too early or too late. Here are three steps to help you get started.

Join our online dialogue on identifying solutions for overcoming barriers to employment for people with disabilities from all corners of American society.

Effective April 9, 2021, the Wage and Hour Division will return to pursuing pre-litigation liquidated damages and leveraging this enforcement tool where appropriate.

If you’ve lost your job or had your hours reduced because of the pandemic, you may qualify for 100% coverage of your COBRA premiums thanks to the American Rescue Plan.

This month's employment situation report from BLS showed that we added 916,000 new jobs, the unemployment rate dropped slightly, and we saw significant job growth across most sectors of the economy — but we still have a long way to go.