- The OECD is a multilateral organization comprising 30 of the world's leading economies. The OECD membership covers approximately one billion people and more than half the world's economy.
- Over the years, the OECD's Directorate for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs has been at the forefront of international efforts to find ways to reduce long-term unemployment, address the problem of youth unemployment, increase job skills, promote the efficient operation of the labor market, address problems associated with legal and illegal migration, promote gender mainstreaming, encourage the development of new businesses, deal with the social and financial policy implications of aging populations, support the employment of the working-age disabled and exchange information on national policies and practices related to the labor market implications of migration.
- The Department of Labor is responsible for U.S. Government participation in the OECD's Employment, Labor and Social Affairs Committee (ELSAC) and its subsidiary bodies. These include three Working Parties (employment, migration and social policy) and a variety of ad hoc expert groups. ELSAC serves as a valuable forum for the exchange and furthering of ideas on how best to address employment and social problems faced by OECD member states. It is the only Committee in the organization that emphasizes the economic and social needs of workers. In addition, Department of Labor officials represent the U.S. Government at meetings of the Directing Committee of the Local Economic and Employment Development program and serve as advisors to U.S. Government delegates participating in other OECD Committee meetings such as the Trade Committee.
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