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The agricultural sector remains one of the most dangerous with hundreds of fatalities occurring each year, many related to transportation related incidents. The Wage and Hour Division is working hard to prevent these tragedies.

With Labor Day just around the corner, the U.S. Department of Labor is proud to join the Embassy and Consulates of Mexico for the 14th annual celebration of Labor Rights Week. The Wage and Hour Division is eager to join other federal agencies, non-governmental organizations and our partners from Mexico and other foreign embassies and consulates in providing outreach and educational resources for workers across the country.

To highlight our efforts to make sure farmworkers get the wages they earn, acting Wage and Hour Division Administrator Jessica Looman is on the road this week in the Southeast region, one of America’s most productive agricultural areas.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division exists to protect workers. Learn how the Wage and Hour can help if you are experiencing paycheck problems.

Learn more about the Wage and Hour Division's new guidance in response to an increase in H-2B visas.

A transnational, multi-year investigation freed more than 100 trafficked workers in South Georgia who were brought to the U.S. fraudulently under the H-2A visa program.

We asked Cristina Barillas to share her experience as a woman who has worked her way into a profession traditionally segregated by race and gender, and what that good job means to her and her family.

If you are considering a career change, we’ve got tons of resources to help you get started.

Oct. 21 marks Latina Women’s Equal Pay Day, a symbolic representation of the number of additional days Latina women must work to earn what white, non-Hispanic men earned the year before.

Don’t let your child and family miss out on this historic support. Apply today!