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As part of the Good Jobs Initiative, the U.S. Department of Labor helps other federal agencies improve equity and job quality through formal partnerships. And through these partnerships, we’ve learned that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to creating equitable pathways to good jobs. That’s because every agency has its own unique advantages to incentivizing better jobs and equitable workforce

It’s a fact that women, people of color and individuals with disabilities are vastly underrepresented in critical infrastructure fields such as manufacturing and construction. Achieving parity in these and other fields requires intentional investments and partnerships. Building off of what we’ve learned from our work to incorporate diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility into our programs and outreach, the U.S. Department of

Data is at the center of the U.S. Department of Labor’s good jobs strategy. We work with federal partner agencies to ensure that workforce data is collected and made public whenever possible. For example, we partnered with the Department of Commerce to craft a requirement for subgrantees of its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program to report the demographic composition

The Biden-Harris administration has made unprecedented levels of investment in American infrastructure through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the CHIPS and Science Act. As the U.S. Department of Labor works with other federal agencies to implement these investments, we have a unique opportunity and responsibility to achieve the equity outcomes the administration outlined in Executive Order 13985, “Advancing Racial Equity

The entrance to the Sago Coal Mine. Seventeen years ago, two separate mine disasters helped shape new rules for mining and keep miners safer. A few current Mine Safety and Health Administration employees were working with MSHA on rescue efforts at that time and recall that work and how it shaped the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act.

In December, the U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs, bringing the 3-month moving average to 247,000. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, near the over 50-year low first reached earlier in the year. The sectors with the largest payroll gains in December were leisure and hospitality (+67,000), education and health care (+78,000), and construction (+28,000). Monthly job growth has decelerated since

Editor’s note: In our “I Am DOL” series, we’re highlighting employees who work in a wide range of roles at the Department of Labor but who all share a passion for public service. Stay tuned for more stories, and explore current job openings at the department today. As a third-generation miner, Nicholas Gutierrez understands the unique challenges — and rewards

Today,the Bureau of Labor Statistics reportedthat the American economy added 223,000 jobs in the month of December, and the unemployment rate fell to a historically low 3.5 percent while more people entered the workforce. Since December 2021, the economy has added 4.5 million jobs for a total of more than 10.7 million jobs since the President took office and the

Interested in a fast-growing, high-wage career? In celebration of National Technology Day on Jan. 6, we’re highlighting growing occupations that focus on technology’s framework: data. From 2021 to 2031, employment in the nine occupations shown below is projected to grow more rapidly than the average for all occupations (5.3%); in fact, most are expected to have much faster than average

As the economy continues to recover from setbacks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, people with disabilities have re-entered the labor force in greater numbers and have even surpassed the pre-pandemic level. This encouraging trend improves the historically persistent, substantial gaps between workers with and without disabilities. Structural changes in business practices prompted by the pandemic, such as greater flexibilities in