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Wage and Hour Division

Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

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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, child labor 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.

 
 

WHD Local Offices
WHD Local Offices

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Wages

Child Labor

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Family & Medical Leave

Nursing Mothers

Agricultural Employment

Government Contracts

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Interpretive Guidance

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Immigration

Lie Detector Tests