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Apprentice Trailblazers: Share your story, build the future This year marks the 86th anniversary of the National Apprenticeship Act, which established the Registered Apprenticeship system as we know it today. As the apprenticeship system continues to evolve, expand and diversify, Registered Apprenticeship continues to serve as a gold standard of work-based learning. In honor of Registered Apprenticeship’s transformative impact on

Are you a woman nearing retirement? We can help. You’ve reached that point in your life when retirement seems like it’s right around the corner. You have a number of decisions to make: – when to retire, when to begin receiving Social Security benefits, when to sign up for Medicare and whether to move or what you want to do

Protect Your Life: Stay Out, Stay Alive An entrance to an abandoned mine in the side of a rock formation. The tunnel leads to an underground coal mine. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Restoration of Abandoned Mine Sites (RAMS) works with federal and state agencies to identify, evaluate, and restore abandoned mine sites. Photo by Joseph P. Bruton, U.S.

Gender and Safety at Work Workers experience safety at the intersection of different parts of their identity, including gender. The Women’s Bureau, created in 1920, has been at the forefront of efforts to improve working conditions for women and advocate for their safety over the past century. This Safe + Sound Week, we’re exploring three key issues of gender equity

Commemorating the 88th Anniversary of the Social Security Act and the Unemployment Insurance Program On August 14, 1935, the unemployment insurance program was created when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act. The law provided “protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age.” The

Microsoft Lives Their Worker Organizing Principles Microsoft put its organizing principles into action and embarked on a new collaborative approach to labor relations when it recognized its first union earlier this year. In 2022, Microsoft publicly announced a set of principles for how the company would approach employee organizing and engage with unions. The principles affirmatively recognize that employees “have

Five Tips that Employers Can Use to Find Veteran Talent Is your organization looking to hire veteran talent?  The U.S. Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service can help. Here are five quick tips to help attract veterans to your organization. #1: Connect with a Regional Veteran Employment Coordinator. We have six Regional Veteran Employment Coordinators that work with

A New Investment to Enhance Cyber Strength   The U.S. Department of Labor’s IT systems protect a treasure trove of data related to America’s workers, including 94.8 million records of highly sensitive, personally identifiable information. We recently received a fourth Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) investment of $15.2 million dollars to strengthen the security of our IT systems and data, protecting

How our new rule will help construction workers  The federal government is making historic investments in infrastructure, which means investing in workers. A new rule will help ensure that construction workers on federally funded projects are fairly compensated – meaning more money to take home to their families and communities. Here’s what you need to know. Prevailing wages The rule

A Proposed Rule to Make Mental Health Parity a Reality From Day One, President Biden has put the full force of government behind tackling the mental health crisis. Under the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of Labor has dedicated an unprecedented amount of time and resources to bringing health plans into compliance with mental health parity, by working to ensure that