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Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

Highlights

About WHD

The DOL Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is responsible for enforcing some of our nation’s most comprehensive federal labor laws on topics, including the minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, youth employment and special employment, family and medical leave, migrant workers, lie detector tests, worker protections in certain temporary worker programs, and the prevailing wages for government service and construction contracts.



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Wages

Youth Employment

Special Employment

Family & Medical Leave

Agricultural Employment

Government Contracts

Laws & Related Materials

Resources

Interpretive Guidance

Audiences

Immigration

Lie Detector Tests