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How self-audits help build a culture of compliance and trust
Our new self-audit initiative is designed to help employers, benefits plan administrators, and unions proactively comply with the laws we enforce.
Get to know your union’s annual financial report
Transparency empowers union members by fostering engagement and accountability. This is especially true when it comes to understanding a union’s financial health.
6 employer best practices for FMLA compliance
Here are best practices and resources to help employers comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Theodore Roosevelt’s labor legacy: 5 facts
We’re honoring the heroes who shaped our nation’s history.
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Key partnerships strengthened school district
Nov. 19, 2024
When a California school district faced multiple emergencies over several years, their strong labor-management relationship played a key role in weathering the storms.
National Apprenticeship Week 2024: 10 Years of
Nov. 19, 2024
Registered apprenticeship is a superhighway to jobs, opportunity and economic stability. Long associated with the skilled trades, apprenticeship is becoming more commonplace in other growth industries like health care and IT.
NEW DATA: Childcare costs remain an almost
Nov. 19, 2024
We updated our National Database of Childcare Prices with data from 2019-2022 and found that U.S. families spend between 8.9% and 16.0% of their median income on full-day care for just one child.
By 2033, 1 in 8 new jobs will be in this sector
Nov. 12, 2024
From 2023 to 2033, about 1 in 8 new jobs will be in leisure and hospitality. Learn more about these jobs and what’s driving the growth.
Growing and diversifying the STEM/STEAM educator
Nov. 8, 2024
Registered Apprenticeship has the power to improve the recruitment and retention of STEM/STEAM educators.
Apprenticeship takes off for tech
Oct. 30, 2024
National Apprenticeship Week is around the corner. This year, help us celebrate the power of Registered Apprenticeship to transform the cybersecurity workforce!
Improving workers’ safety and health in the South
Oct. 28, 2024
Dorinda Hughes, who leads OSHA’s new Birmingham region, is focusing on worker safety and health for the growing Southern workforce while fostering collaboration and fairness.
A for modernization: Labor Department excels on
Oct. 3, 2024
Twice a year, Congress releases a scorecard grading the 24 largest federal agencies on their IT strategies. We received an overall "A" on the latest report card, improving from a "B."
We analyzed 5 years’ worth of childcare prices.
Sep. 30, 2024
Parents who have the feeling that child care gets more expensive every year aren’t imagining it.
I am DOL: Rob Robinson pursues justice for workers
Sep. 26, 2024
Rob Robinson, a paralegal specialist in the Office of the Solicitor, helps protect workers’ rights through the legal system.
Second chances and new beginnings for two veterans
Sep. 16, 2024
With help from our Veterans’ Employment and Training Service programs, two former service members started new chapters in their lives.
How patience and perseverance pay off with USERRA
Sep. 9, 2024
The dozen years that John D. Patrie he spent as a navigator in the Maine Air National Guard taught him that while things can change in an instant, with planning and a little patience, the mission will succeed.