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.