Essential Workers Essential Protections Initiative

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

At the U.S. Department of Labor, we’ve been taking a whole-of-department approach to advancing equity for underserved communities since President Biden issued the executive order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities on his first day in office.

Providing essential protections to essential workers is at the heart of our mission. Learn more about our renewed efforts to protect workers on the front lines.