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The Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service is committed to enabling all veterans, transitioning service members and military spouses to reach their full potential in the workplace. In 2022, working with our partners, we served more than 430,000 customers. Here are just a few of our many accomplishments throughout the year. VETS’ Transition Assistance Program served over 270,000

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly across the country in March 2020, an employee of one of the world’s largest truck manufacturers, Peterbilt Motor Co., complained that the company was continuing to operate a crowded assembly facility without taking adequate virus precautions. The company fired the employee in response. After a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that the company’s

As part of our continued efforts to support America’s workforce through career and skills development programs, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh visited STRIVE, a national workforce development organization headquartered in New York City. STRIVE’s Future Leaders program, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, is an innovative program designed for justice-impacted youth ages 18-24. We recently spoke to Tajay

Here at the Department of Labor, our team is united by a common goal – to make a difference in the lives of working families. We do that by safeguarding their wages, protecting their health and safety, and ensuring access to unemployment, health insurance, workers’ compensation, and retirement benefits they are due. We build pathways to good jobs and careers

Working on behalf of working people means meeting workers where they are. One of my favorite parts about serving as your secretary of labor is traveling across the nation and speaking with workers. So far, I’ve traveled to 39 states to hear from America’s working people on what they need, successes they’ve had and how the Biden-Harris administration can support

Migrant workers harvest corn on a farm in Gilroy, California. USDA photo by Bob Nichols. Source: Flickr On Dec. 18, we observed International Migrants Day – a day dedicated to highlight the contributions of migrant workers and advocate for the full realization of their rights. We at the U.S. Department of Labor are committed to ensuring that all workers in

This holiday season, as families gather with their loved ones, they may celebrate with a cup of hot chocolate and freshly baked cookies. But if they bought those cookies at a nearby Crumbl Cookies, they may be enjoying sweets that were made by kids who were working past allowed hours or operating dangerous equipment prohibited by federal labor laws. Many

We’ve shared a lot of stories over the past year on our blog. As 2022 draws to a close, check out some of our most popular posts:   1. Raising Wages for Federal Contract Workers As part of efforts to create an economy that works for everyone, President Biden raised the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15 per hour. Our

2022 was a busy year at the U.S. Department of Labor. We inducted the Essential Workers of the Coronavirus Pandemic into our Labor Hall of Honor, advocated for workplace mental health and celebrated the contributions of unions, highlighting many of these actions via video. Check out some of our top videos of the year and explore more content on our

This summer, the Department of Labor joined the Biden-Harris administration’s Talent Pipeline Challenge with other federal agencies. This is a nationwide call to action for employers, unions, education and training providers, and several other groups to support equitable workforce development in the broadband, construction and electrification industries. This challenge is part of a multifaceted approach to advance the workforce