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20 CFR 1.1 - Under what authority was the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs established?

• Section Number: 1.1
• Section Name: Under what authority was the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs established?

    The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards, by 
authority vested in him by the Secretary of Labor in Secretary's Order 
No. 13-71, 36 FR 8755, established in the Employment Standards 
Administration an Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) by 
Employment Standards Order No. 2-74, 39 FR 34722. The Assistant 
Secretary subsequently designated as the head thereof a Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Workers' Compensation Programs who, under the 
general supervision of the Assistant Secretary, administers the 
programs assigned to that Office by the Assistant Secretary.