At the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service we’re working to support veterans experiencing homelessness through our Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program, a competitive grant program focused on reintegrating individuals into the workforce and building strong systems to address the challenges veterans experiencing homelessness routinely face.  

June is National Great Outdoors Month, a time to celebrate the world around us. Check out these 10 occupations for which the outdoors is the office.

As the information technology hub of the Department of Labor, we use innovative technological solutions to support the department’s mission. We aim for innovation with a purpose, and each new technology is developed to improve the experience of America’s workers.  

OSHA’s On-Site Consultation Program offers free, confidential occupational safety and health services to small- and medium-sized businesses nationwide. We asked Jason Evans, superintendent of Spanish Fort Water System in Spanish Fort, Alabama, to share more about his experience working with OSHA’s On-Site Consultation Program partner, Alabama SafeState, to develop a heat illness prevention plan for the workplace.

Food service workers often lose wages when employers keep their tips, pay on a tips-only basis, deduct meal costs from wages for dine-and-dash patrons, and withhold overtime from salaried kitchen staff that qualify for overtime pay. Read about Diego Jimenez, who worked long hours as a server at La Carreta Mexican Restaurant in Derry, New Hampshire for over four years. Diego regularly worked over 50 hours a week, serving customers and cleaning the restaurant, but the only compensation he received for his hard work were the tips paid by restaurant patrons.

Are you looking for a mission-driven career? We’re hiring! Join us for our virtual career fair on Friday, June 24, 2022, to learn more about positions at all levels open across the country.  

Sgt. Maj. Derrick Witherspoon talks about participating in the Army Career Skills Program.

Looking for a fast-paced career helping others? Check out these jobs in emergency medical services.

We’re committed to helping America’s employees and employers work together to promote workplace wellbeing — especially in light of the challenges of the past two years.

Since COVID-19 became widespread in early 2020, mothers have experienced greater disruptions to their employment. Expanded access to paid family and medical leave, fair scheduling, improved compensation and greater investment in care infrastructure can help achieve a more equitable recovery.