In Germany for the G-7 Labor and Employment Ministerial Meeting, Secretary Walsh met with counterparts from G-7 countries to discuss solutions to advance good jobs, lifelong training, safe workplaces and global supply chains free of labor abuses. 

The misclassification of employees as independent contractors is one of the most serious problems facing affected employees, employers and the U.S. economy.

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.  

As we reflect on the decades of advancement working women have made, we also recognize that quantum leaps in one arena can be muted by persistent inequities in others.

Patricia Nario Canites, an assistant district director at the Wage and Hour Division’s Sacramento District Office, shares about her work with the Care Workers Initiative.

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.

All workers have a right to speak out at work against unfair or unsafe practices. And if they face retaliation from their employers, we’re here to protect them by enforcing the law.

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.

The Family and Medical Leave Act provides eligible workers with job-protected leave to take time away from work to care for themselves or their family members.