United States Department of Labor

United States Department of Labor
	Seal of the U.S. Department of Labor
	Flag of the U.S. Department of Labor
	; The Frances Perkins Building, which serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor
Agency overview
Formed	March 4, 1913[1]
Headquarters	Frances Perkins Building; 200 Constitution Avenue NW; Washington, D.C., U.S.; 38°53′33.13″N 77°0′51.94″W
Employees	17,450 (2014)
Annual budget	$12.1 billion (FY 2012)[2]
Agency executives	Julie Su (Acting), Secretary; Julie Su, Deputy Secretary;
Website	www.dol.gov

The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The department is headed by the United States Secretary of Labor.

References

"Chapter 1: Start-up of the Department and World War I, 1913-1921". History of the Department of Labor. Archived from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
"FY 2014 Department of Labor Budget in Brief" (PDF). U.S. Department of Labor. U.S. federal government. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2019-06-05.

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[labor_history-1] "Chapter 1: Start-up of the Department and World War I, 1913-1921". History of the Department of Labor. Archived from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2013.

[2] "FY 2014 Department of Labor Budget in Brief" (PDF). U.S. Department of Labor. U.S. federal government. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2019-06-05.