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.
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