Worker Voice Summit; Grants for Paid Leave; Help End Child Labor

Join the conversation at the Worker Voice Summit:

Paid leave

We're doing all that we can to help states and localities lead on leave. Read about $1.55 million in grants to study the implementation of these important policies.

Child labor

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs' research on the worst forms of child labor enters the digital age, as the agency launches a new mobile application and open data. Read more...

The new class member locator can help workers like Joe. See how:

DOL Working For You

YouthBuild: A better choice

Cesar Reza dropped out of high school to work, but soon realized that he needed more education and training in order to have a better life. Through the YouthBuild program, he completed his GED and has been hired as an electrical apprentice with a Denver company.

Read Cesar's story.

National News

• $8.4M in grants for mine safety

• 17-year-old worker loses leg

• Grant for Merrimack Valley layoffs

• Home Depot store settles bias case

• Propane company faulted on safety

• Read more National News

DOL in Action

• Keeping workers safe from chemicals

• Black women in the labor movement

• Protecting low-income workers

• Worker hotline for Oregon, California

• Women and the economy at Manila forum

• Read more DOL in Action

Blog Highlights

Labor rights=civil rights

Fifty years ago, a president’s executive order decisively stated that jobs and justice go hand in hand.

Protecting farmworkers

New rules will protect farmworkers who help produce and harvest our nation’s food.

Inspections and impact

A new approach will improve the planning and measuring of health and safety inspections — to the benefit of workers.

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