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For workplace safety and health, please call 800-321-6742; for mine safety and health, please call 800-746-1553; for Job Corps, please call 800-733-5627 and for Wage and Hour, please call 1-866-487-9243 (1 866-4-US-WAGE).  This website is currently not being updated due to the suspension of Federal government services. The last update to the site was 10/1/2025.  Updates to the site will start again when the Federal government resumes operations.

Raymond J. Donovan

Tenure: February 4, 1981 to March 15, 1985

From New Jersey; graduate of Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans, in philosophy. Experience in business leading to vice president of the Schiavone Construction Co.

Appointed by Ronald Reagan. Led DOL through substantial reductions in staff and budget. Promoted regulatory relief for business through changes in OSHA enforcement practices, Davis-Bacon rules revisions, modification of ERISA rulemaking, new industrial home work rules, and revisions in the federal contract compliance regulations. The Job Training Partnership Act replaced CETA with increased emphasis upon public-private cooperation and decentralization to state and local governments.