Question: What is the Employment Standards Administration?
Answer: The Employment Standards Administration (ESA), the largest
agency within the U.S. Department of Labor, enforces and administers laws
governing legally-mandated wages and working conditions, including child
labor, minimum wages, overtime and family and medical leave; equal employment
opportunity in businesses with federal contracts and subcontracts; workers'
compensation for certain employees injured on their jobs; internal union
democracy and financial integrity, and union elections, which protect the
rights of union members; and other laws and regulations governing employment
standards and practices.
ESA and its four component programs -- the Office
of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the Office
of Labor-Management Standards, the Office
of Workers' Compensation Programs and the Wage and
Hour Division -- have closely monitored and enforced laws protecting
the wage, hours, equal employment opportunity, working conditions and injury
compensation of workers. While each program has an established identity
of its own, all work together to support, protect and defend the rights
of American workers under these labor laws.
Related Links: ESA Home Page
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