MISSION, VISION, AND ORGANIZATION UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
MISSION
The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job
seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their
working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment,
protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find
workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in
employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out
this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws
including those that guarantee workers' rights to safe and healthful working
conditions, a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay, freedom from employment
discrimination, unemployment insurance, and other income support.
Vision
We will promote the economic well-being of workers and their families;
help them share in the American dream through rising wages, pensions, health
benefits and expanded economic opportunities; and foster safe and healthful
workplaces that are free from discrimination.
Organization
The Department of Labor is organized into major component agencies, each
headed by an Assistant Secretary or Commissioner who administers the various
statutes and programs for which the Department is responsible. These programs
are carried out through a network of regional offices and smaller field,
district, and area offices, as well as, in some cases, through local-level
grantees and contractors. The largest program agencies are Employment and
Training Administration (ETA), Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
(PWBA), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Employment Standards
Administration (ESA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA); and Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS). The entire DOL organization chart may be viewed at Appendix 1.
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