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The following narratives provide a brief description of the agency mission and function. Additional information about the agency’s program is located on the website at www.dol.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor.The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor. BLS data must satisfy a number of criteria, including relevance to current social and economic issues, timeliness in reflecting today’s rapidly changing economic conditions, accuracy and consistently high statistical quality, and impartiality in both subject matter and presentation.
Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA)
EBSA protects the integrity of pensions, health plans, and other employee benefits for more than 200 million people. The mission is accomplished by assisting workers in getting the information they need to protect their benefit rights, assisting plan officials to understand the requirements of the relevant statutes in order to meet their legal responsibilities, developing policies and laws that encourage the growth of employment-based benefits; and deterring and correcting violations of the relevant statutes through enforcement programs.
Employment Standards Administration
The Employment Standards Administration (ESA) administers and enforces numerous labor laws and mandates protecting the rights and ensuring the working conditions of America’s workers. ESA accomplishes this by safeguarding workplace standards pertaining to minimum wage and overtime and child labor conditions; by ensuring equal employment opportunity for minorities, women, the disabled and veterans; by providing wage loss compensation and medical benefits to certain workers injured on the job or income security for their survivors; and, by enforcing laws which seek to promote and protect internal union democracy, the financial integrity of labor unions and the rights of the union members.
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
The mission of the Employment and Training Administration is to contribute to the more efficient functioning of the U.S. labor market by providing high quality job training, employment, labor market information, and income maintenance services primarily through state and local workforce development systems.
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
The mission of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is to administer the provisions of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act) and to enforce compliance with mandatory safety and health standards as a means to eliminate fatal accidents; to reduce the frequency and severity of nonfatal accidents; to minimize health hazards; and to promote improved safety and health conditions in the Nation's mines.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) serves as a primary DOL financial advisor and sets DOL policy for effective financial management. Its mission is to improve the integrity of the Department of Labor’s reporting to Congress, the President, and the public by relating the accomplishments of the Department to effective stewardship of its financial resources. OCFO is responsible for developing and deploying improved financial services to DOL Financial Managers and front-line employees.
Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) conducts audits and evaluations to review the effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and integrity of all DOL programs and operations, including those performed by its contractors and grantees. This work is conducted in order to determine whether: the programs and operations are in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations; DOL resources are efficiently and economically being utilized; and DOL programs achieve their intended results.
In addition, the OIG is unique among Inspectors General because it has an “external” program function to conduct criminal investigations to combat the influence of labor racketeering and organized crime in the nation’s labor unions. We conduct labor racketeering investigations in three areas: employee benefit plans, labor-management relations, and internal union affairs.
Office of the Solicitor (SOL
The Office of the Solicitor's mission is to meet the legal service demands of the entire Department of Labor. As the Secretary of Labor and other Department officials seek to accomplish the Department's overall mission and to further specific priorities, the Office of the Solicitor (SOL) provides legal advice regarding how to achieve those goals. In doing so, SOL ensures that the Nation's labor laws are forcefully and fairly applied to protect the Nation's workers.
SOL fulfills its mission by representing the Secretary and the client agencies in all necessary litigation, including both enforcement actions and defensive litigation, and in alternative dispute resolution activities; by assisting in the development of regulations, standards and legislative proposals; and by providing legal opinions and advice concerning all the Department's activities.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM)
OASAM provides the infrastructure and support that enables the Department of Labor to perform its mission. OASAM provides leadership and support for Departmental business operations and procurement; budget and finance; information technology; human resources and civil rights; security and emergency management; and strategic planning - and is the hub for DOL's implementation of the President's Management Agenda.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
OSHA's mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.
Women's Bureau (WB)
The Women’s Bureau (WB) is the single unit at the Federal government level exclusively concerned with serving and promoting the interests of working women. Its mission is to advocate and inform women, directly, and the public, of women’s work rights and employment issues. In order to assure that the voices of working women are heard, and that their priorities are represented in the public policy arena, the Women’s Bureau educates women about their rights in the work place; proposes polices and legislation that benefit working women; researches and analyses information about women and work and reports findings to the President, Congress and the public
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