labor department
Workplace oversight bureau
A labor department is a government agency responsible for workplace regulations, employment standards, and worker protections.
In the U.S., the Department of Labor oversees minimum wage, workplace safety, unemployment insurance, and labor statistics.
Most countries have equivalent agencies: The labor department investigated the factory conditions.
Often capitalized when referring to a specific agency.
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- agencyPower to act
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- OSHAFederal workplace safety regulator
- unemployment benefitsState aid for jobless workers
collective bargaining · anti-discrimination laws · whistleblower protections · administration · equal pay · apprenticeship programs · wage growth · job openings · help wanted · job placement services · back to work · disability accommodations · overtime rules · employment rate · job training · minimum wage · vocational education · unions
- laborwork, laborers, workers, hard work, employment
- labor lawlabour law, worker rights, bargaining rights, employment law, work contracts
- government agenciesFBI, CIA, NASA, IRS, EPA
- Hawaii Governmentstate legislature, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state constitution, judiciary
- ministriesfinance ministry, health ministry, foreign ministry, education ministry, defense ministry
- Alaska Governmentstate legislature, state senate, state house, legislature, governor
labor departmentcommerce department
Agency regulating business affairs
treasury department · chamber of commerce · business administration · Federal Reserve · trade representative
labor departmentchamber of commerce
Organization representing local businesses
business lobby · corporate interests · management · capital · employers