Newsletter Photos — May 22, 2014

By The Numbers: In 2012, there were 31 worker deaths and 4,120 illnesses due to heat.

Secretary Perez speaks at the University of Baltimore commencement ceremony.

Wage and Hour Division Assistant Administrator for Policy Michael Hancock addresses the closing session of the 32nd American Payroll Association Congress.

Kathy Martinez poses with David Emmel (left), executive director of the Center for Business and Enterprise at Saginaw Valley State University, and Harry Leaver (right), vice president of human resources at McLaren Health.

Betty Lock (center), Region 10 administrator for the Women's Bureau with apprentices in the highway and bridge construction field who completed pre-apprenticeship training through Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.'s Pathways to Success program.

Hundreds of miners and mine operators gather in Hazard, Ky., for a stakeholders meeting on implementation of the recently finalized coal mine dust rule.

Eric Seleznow, deputy assistant secretary of labor for employment and training, provided the keynote address at Colorado Sectors Summit II on May 20, in Denver, Colo.

William Agurs