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1980 1990 1994
DOL
OSHA . . . . . . . . . 1,388. 1,271. . 1,128
MSHA . . . . . . . . . 1,522. 1,080. . 1,128
Wage & Hour. . . . . . 1,098. 961. . 727
OFCCP. . . . . . . . . 780. 564. . 488
PWBP . . . . . . . . . 235. 320. . 322
OLMS . . . . . . . . . -- 294. . 249
EEOC. . . . . . . . . . . . 892. 762. . 732
NLRB. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,122 . 833. . 783
NOTE:
The agencies represented in this table are the National Labor Relations
Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the following
agencies of the Department of Labor: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration; Mine Safety and Health Administration; the Employment
Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division and Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs; Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration;
and Office of Labor- Management Standards.
The table reports each agency's level of professional staffing in
full-time equivalents (FTEs) by fiscal year (FY). Data for 1980 represent
the best estimates of FTEs (rather than actual FTE figures) for some
agencies because the government did not use FTEs as a standard measure
until 1982.
The workloads of the agencies reported generally increased during this
period, even as staffing levels declines. For example, at the NLRB a drop
in election cases was more than offset by a rise in unfair labor practice
(ULP) cases, which are more labor intensive. The Board reports that there
were 4794 ULP "situations" pending preliminary investigation at
the end of FY 1994 compared with 3673 at the end of FY 1980, a rise of 31
percent.
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