8/14/2019 EFF: labor http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/eff-labor 1/41 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210 Phone, 202-219-5000 SECRETARY OF LABOR ........Robert B. Reich Chief of Staff ........Kathryn Higgins Confidential Assistant to the Secretary ........Saundra F. Dockery Counselor to the Secretary ........John D. Donahue Executive Secretary ........T. Michael Kerr Deputy Secretary ........Thomas P. Glynn Associate Deputy Secretary ........Stephen Rosenthal Chief Economist ........Lawrence F. Katz Director, Office of Small Business and Minority Affairs ........June M. Robinson Executive Director, Administrative Appeals ........Gresham C. Smith Chief Administrative Law Judge ........Nahum Litt Chief Administrative Appeals Judge, Benefits Review Board ........Nancy Dolder, Acting Chairman, Employees Compensation Appeals Board ........Michael J. Walsh Chairman, Wage Appeals Board ........Charles E. Shearer, Jr. Director, DOL Academy ........Nancy Flynn Director, Women's Bureau ........Karen Beth Nussbaum Deputy Director ........Delores L. Crockett, Acting Inspector General ........Charles C. Masten Deputy Inspector General ........I.A. Bassett, Jr. Assistant Inspector General for Audit ........Gerald W. Peterson Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit ........Joseph E. Fisch Assistant Inspector General for Investigation ........F.M. Broadway Assistant Inspector General for Resource Management and Legislative Assessment ........E.J. German Assistant Inspector General for Labor Racketeering ........Gustave A. Schick
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210
Phone, 202-219-5000
SECRETARY OF LABOR ........Robert B. Reich
Chief of Staff ........Kathryn Higgins
Confidential Assistant to the Secretary ........Saundra F. Dockery
Counselor to the Secretary ........John D. Donahue
The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and developthe welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve theirworking conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitableemployment. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers avariety of Federal labor laws guaranteeing workers' rights to safe andhealthful working conditions, a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay,freedom from employment discrimination, unemployment insurance, andworkers' compensation. The Department also protects workers' pensionrights; provides for job training programs; helps workers find jobs; worksto strengthen free collective bargaining; and keeps track of changes inemployment, prices, and other national economic measurements. As theDepartment seeks to assist all Americans who need and want to work,special efforts are made to meet the unique job market problems of olderworkers, youths, minority group members, women, the handicapped, and othergroups.
The Department of Labor (DOL), ninth executive department, wascreated by act of March 4, 1913 (29 U.S.C. 551). A Bureau of Labor wasfirst created by Congress in 1884 under the Interior Department. TheBureau of Labor later became independent as a Department of Labor withoutexecutive rank. It again returned to bureau status in the Department ofCommerce and Labor, which was created by act of February 14, 1903 (15
U.S.C. 1501).
Office of the Secretary of Labor
Secretary
The Secretary is the head of the Department of Labor and the principaladviser to the President on the development and execution of policies andthe administration and enforcement of laws relating to wage earners, theirworking conditions, and their employment opportunities.
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Inspector General
The Office of Inspector General is responsible for providingcomprehensive, independent, and objective audit and investigation programsto identify and report program deficiencies and improve the economy,efficiency, and effectiveness of operations. The Office also isresponsible for ensuring employee and program integrity through preventionand detection of criminal activity, unethical conduct, and program fraudand abuse. The Office provides for departmental participation ininvestigations under the Department of Justice's Organized Crime StrikeForce Program.
The Office also maintains a toll-free hotline telephone forcomplaints of fraud, waste, and abuse of Department resources. The numberis 800-347-3756, or 202-219-5227 in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
(Areas included within each region are indicated on the map in Appendix A.)head level 1 :Region/Addresshead level 1 :Office of Audithead level 1 :Office of Investigations
The Office of Public Affairs is responsible for providing the Departmentwith a comprehensive information program designed to inform the public
about the Department's policies, programs, and actions. It plans, directs,coordinates, and carries out information activities to ensure that allAmericans can have access to departmental programs that affect them. TheAssistant Secretary for Public Affairs advises the Secretary and otherDepartment executives on information and public affairs matters. RegionalDirectors for Public Affairs in all 10 Federal regions conductinformational activities to inform the public in their regions.
(Areas included within each region are indicated on the map in Appendix A.)head level 1 :head level 1 :Regionhead level 1 :Addresshead level 1 :Information Director
The Women's Bureau is responsible for formulating standards andpolicies that promote the welfare of wage earning women, improve theirworking conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their
The Deputy Secretary of Labor is the principal adviser to the Secretaryand serves as Acting Secretary in the Secretary's absence.
Employees' Compensation Appeals
The Employees' Compensation Appeals Board consists of three members andthree alternate members appointed by the Secretary of Labor, one of whomis designated as Chairman. The function of the Board is to consider anddecide appeals from final decisions in cases arising under the FederalEmployees' Compensation Act (5 U.S.C. 8101). The decisions of the Boardare final and not subject to court review.
For further information, call 202-401-8600.
Administrative Appeals
The Office of Administrative Appeals assists the Deputy Secretary inreviewing appeals from decisions of Administrative Law Judges undercertain laws and programs. These appeals arise under the Job TrainingPartnership Act, the Trade Act, the Surface Transportation Assistance Act,the Energy Reorganization Act, and several environmental laws,unemployment insurance conformity proceedings, and cases brought by theOffice of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
For further information, contact the Director, Office of AdministrativeAppeals. Phone, 202-219-9728.
Office of Small Business and Minority Affairs
This office, reporting to the Deputy Secretary of Labor, administers theDepartment's small and disadvantaged business utilization program;Executive Order 12876, to promote and increase participation ofhistorically black colleges and universities in Federal programs, andsimilar initiatives for Hispanic and other minority colleges anduniversities; and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to provideadministrative support and guidance to DOL advisory, interagency, andintradepartmental committees.
For further information, call 202-219-9148.
Office of Administrative Law Judges
Administrative law judges preside over formal hearings to determineviolations of minimum wage requirements, overtime payments, compensationbenefits, employee discrimination, grant performance, alien certification,employee protection, and health and safety regulations set forth undernumerous statutes, Executive orders, and regulations. With few exceptions,hearings are required to be conducted in accordance with theAdministrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. note prec. 551).
For further information, contact the Administrative Officer. Phone,202-633-0355.
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Benefits Review
The Benefits Review Board is a nine-member quasi-judicial body withexclusive jurisdiction to consider and decide appeals raising substantialquestions of law or fact from decisions of Administrative Law Judges withrespect to cases arising under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers'Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901) and its extensions and the Black LungBenefits Act of 1972 (30 U.S.C. 801). The Board exercises the same reviewauthority that the United States District Courts formerly heldin theseareas of the law prior to the 1972 amendments to both acts.
For further information, contact the Administrative Officer. Phone,202-633-7500.
Wage Appeals
The Wage Appeals Board acts on behalf of the Secretary of Labor indeciding appeals on questions of law and fact, taken in the discretion ofthe Board from wage determinations issued under the Davis-Bacon Act andits related prevailing wage statutes; debarments under the Department'sregulations (29 CFR Part 5), which implement Reorganization Plan No. 14 of1950 (5 U.S.C. app.), effective May 24, 1950; under the Department'sregulations, disputes concerning the payment of prevailing wage rates orproper classifications that involve significant sums of money, largegroups of employees, or novel or unusual situations; questions relating tocoverage of the various acts; and recommendations by Federal agencies forappropriate adjustments of liquidated damages that are assessed under theContract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act.
For further information, contact the Executive Secretary. Phone,202-219-9039.
Department of Labor Academy
The DOL Academy provides training and career development to DOL employeesnationwide to enable them to perform at peak levels in their current jobsand to develop skills needed in the future. The Director of the DOLAcademy reports to a Board of Governors chaired by the Deputy Secretary ofLabor. The DOL Academy receives advice and policy oversight from the Boardof Governors on Department of Labor training programs.
For further information, contact the Director, Department of LaborAcademy. Phone, 202-219-7401.
The Solicitor of Labor
The Office of the Solicitor (SOL) provides the Secretary of
Labor and departmental officials with the legal services required toaccomplish the mission of the Department of Labor and the priority goalsestablished by the Secretary. Through attorney staff in Washington and 16field offices, the Solicitor directs a broad-scale litigation effort inthe Federal courts pertaining to the statutes administered by theDepartment, including institution and prosecution of Civil Court actionsunder the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employment Retirement IncomeSecurity Act of 1971, and the Migrant Seasonal Agricultural WorkerProtection Act. The attorney staff also represents the Department inhearings under various laws including the Occupational Safety and HealthAct of 1970, the Black Lung Benefits Reform Act, Federal Mine Safety and
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Health Act of 1977, and various Government contract labor standards laws.Appellate litigation is conducted by attorneys in the nationalheadquarters, and trial litigation is carried out by attorneys under thedirection of regional solicitors.
The Solicitor of Labor also coordinates the Department'slegislative program; prepares testimony and reports on proposedlegislation; provides legal advice to interagency groups responsible forU.S. trade matters; participates in international organizations includingthe International Labor Organization; reviews rules, orders, andregulations; and provides oral and written interpretations and opinions toclient agencies and the public to clarify Department responsibilities.
For further information, contact the Office of Administration, Managementand Litigation Support, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Labor, 200Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-6863.
The Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management hasresponsibility for Departmentwide administrative policies and programs inpersonnel, equal employment opportunity, safety and health, budget andfinance, procurement, information resources, and administrative services.The Assistant Secretary also provides certain centralized administrativeand management support services to smaller DOL agencies located in theWashington, DC, metropolitan area through its National Capital Service
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Center.
Policy
The Assistant Secretary for Policy is responsible forcoordinating the development of new policies affecting the Department'sprograms and activities. In support of these efforts, the AssistantSecretary provides both macroeconomic and microeconomic analyses of thepossible effects of alternative policy actions, especially with regard toregulations and legislation. In addition, the Assistant Secretary providesleadership in conducting short- and long-term program evaluations andeconomic research bearing on the welfare of American workers.
International Affairs
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs carries out theDepartment's international responsibilities under the direction of theDeputy Under Secretary for International Affairs, and assists informulating international economic, trade, and immigration policiesaffecting American workers.
The Bureau represents the United States on delegations tomultilateral and bilateral trade negotiations and on such internationalbodies as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), theInternational Labor Organization (ILO), the Organization for EconomicCooperation and Development, and other U.N. organizations. It also helpsadminister the U.S. labor attache AE1 program at embassies abroad; carries�
out overseas technical assistance projects; monitors internationallyrecognized worker rights; and conducts labor study programs for foreignvisitors to the United States.
The Deputy Under Secretary serves as the U.S. Representative tothe ILO governing body, and as head of the tripartite U.S. delegation tothe annual ILO Conference.
The Department of Labor is the lead agency on ILO matters incooperation with the Departments of State and Commerce. The AFL-CIOrepresents American workers, and American employers are represented by theU.S. Council for International Business. The President's Committee on theILO, a Federal advisory committee chaired by the Secretary of Labor, wasestablished to formulate and coordinate U.S. policy towards the ILO inorder to promote continued reform and progress in that organization. Itsother members are the Secretaries of State and Commerce, the Assistant tothe President for National Security Affairs, and the Presidents of theAFL-CIO and the U.S. Council for International Business. The Deputy UnderSecretary serves as Counselor to the Committee, and the Bureau providessupport, as necessary.
Employment and Training Administration
The Employment and Training Administration, through a variety ofprograms, fulfills responsibilities assigned to the Secretary of Laborthat relate to employment services, job training, and unemploymentinsurance. Component offices and servicesof the Administration administera Federal-State employment security system; fund and oversee programs toprovide work experience and training for groups having difficulty enteringor returning to the work force; formulate and promote apprenticeshipstandards and programs; and conduct continuing programs of research,
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development, and evaluation.
The Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training directs theadministration of agency programs and is responsible for ensuring thatprograms funded through the agency are free from unlawful discrimination,fraud, and abuse, and that they comply with constitutional, statutory, andregulatory provisions. It is the policy of the Administration to promoteequal opportunity, affirmative action, and integrity in programs to whichthe Administration extends financial assistance.
The Administration has five major components that coveremployment security, job training, planning and policy development,financial and administrative management, and regional management.
Federal Unemployment Insurance Service
The Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program, under provisions ofthe Social Security Act of 1935 (42 U.S.C. 1305), is the basic program ofincome support for the Nation's unemployed workers. With limited Federalintervention, unemployment insurance benefits are payable under laws ofindividual States. The Federal Unemployment Insurance Service providesleadership and policy guidance to State employment security agencies forthe development, improvement, and operation of the Federal-Stateunemployment insurance system and of related wage-loss, workerdislocation, and adjustment assistance compensation programs, including toex-service personnel and Federal civilian workers, and supplemental orextended benefits programs.
The Service reviews State unemployment insurance laws and theiradministration by the States to determine whether they are in conformitywith Federal requirements; supervises the development of programs andmethods for benefit, adjudication, appeals, tax collection, and trust fundmanagement activities implemented by the State agencies; oversees theactuarial soundness of the level and relationship of State expenditures,revenues, and reserves, and of Federal appropriations for payment ofbenefits; and is implementing a quality control program to provide adiagnostic tool for States to identify and correct errors in benefitpayments and tax collections and to raise program quality and integrity.
The Service also provides national leadership and direction inimplementing its responsibilities under trade adjustment assistance,redwood park expansion, airline deregulation, and disaster unemploymentassistance legislation.
For further information, call 202-219-0600.
United States Employment Service
The Service, under the provisions of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49et seq.), provides assistance to States in establishing and maintaining asystem of local public employment offices in the States and territoriesand interstate clearance of Labor. The State public employment service isresponsible for providing unemployed individuals and other jobseekers withjob placement, and other employment services and for providing employerswith recruitment services and referrals of job-seeking applicants.
The Service administers the Work Incentive (WIN) program, whichwas authorized by the Social Security Amendments of 1967 (42 U.S.C. 1305
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note) and 1971 (85 Stat. 802). WIN is jointly administered by theDepartments of Labor and Health and Human Services and is designed to helppersons receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) becomeself-supporting.
The Service, through the State public employment service system,also provides subsidiary services which include:
-- certifying aliens who seek to enter the United States forpermanent employment as immigrants or as temporary workers;
-- providing specialized recruitment assistance to employers;
-- determining classifications of labor surplus area annuallyand for exceptional circumstance petitions;
-- providing labor surplus area information to the generalpublic and to other Federal or State agencies to meet various programresponsibilities;
-- disseminating labor market information;
-- providing individuals with guidance, counseling, testingreferral, and job opportunities;
-- reviewing rural industrialization loan and grantcertification applications under the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7U.S.C. 1921);
-- distributing airline job opening information for rehiringunder the Airline Deregulation Act (49 U.S.C. app. 1301); and
-- providing supportive services to employers and applicantsthrough the Federal bonding program.
For further information, call 202-219-0157.
Office of Work-Based Learning
The Office administers activities under several Federal laws regardingworker training and retraining. These include the dislocated workerprogram under the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment AssistanceAct (EDWAA) (Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA));Federal activities under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining NotificationAct (WARN); Federal activities under the Apprenticeship Act; and the TradeAdjustment Assistance Program under the Trade Act. In addition, the Officecarries out research and demonstration programs.
For further information, call 202-219-0540.
Office of Worker Retraining and Adjustment Programs
The Office performs dislocated worker programs functions under the theEconomic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (Title III ofJTPA), and Federal activities under the Worker Adjustment and RetrainingNotification Act.
For further information, call 202-219-0525.
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Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance
The Office administers the Trade Adjustment Assistance program provisionsof the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.), throughagreements with the States. The program provides reemployment servicessuch as training, job search and relocation allowances, and weekly cashpayments to U.S. workers who are separated from employment because offoreign imports.
The Office receives petitions for adjustment assistance fromeither adversely affected workers, a duly recognized union, or anauthorized representative of the workers and conducts factfindinginvestigations to develop necessary data on which certificationdeterminations can be based. Determinations may involve approval, denial,or termination of worker groups' eligibility for trade adjustmentassistance benefits.
The Office develops policies and prepares program directives toregional offices and State agencies on the administration and funding ofreemployment services, and develops and maintains a system for allocatingfunds to those offices and agencies for reemployment services. It alsodirects and conducts industry studies of the number of workers in adomestic industry likely to be certified as eligible for adjustmentassistance and of the extent to which existing training and employmentprograms may facilitate the workers' adjustment to import competition whenan industry petitions the Federal Government that it is being injuredbecause of import competition.
For further information, call 202-219-0555.
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
The National Apprenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50) was passed in 1937 toenable the Department of Labor to formulate and promote the furtherance oflabor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices andcooperate with the States in the promotion of such standards, and to bringtogether employers and labor for the formulation of programs ofapprenticeship.
Sponsors and potential sponsors are encouraged and assisted inthe development, expansion, and improvement of apprenticeship and otherforms of allied industrial training. Technical information on trainingmethods, public training facilities, and successfully executed systems aremade available to industry. Through field representatives in States, theBureau works closely with employers, labor unions, vocational schools,community planning groups, and others concerned with apprenticeship.
Programs must meet standards established by the Bureau or arecognized State Apprenticeship Council to be registered. Field compliancereviews are conducted to determine conformity with Federal equalemployment opportunity and other standards for apprenticeship andtraining.
For further information, call 202-219-0540.
Job Training Partnership Act
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The Office of Job Training Programs is responsible for thedevelopment and issuance of Federal procedures and policies pertaining tothe operation of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 note)programs.
Under the act, the Secretary of Labor makes block grants to the50 States, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of theNorthern Marianas, American Samoa, Republic of the Marshall Islands,Republic of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the District ofColumbia.
The goal of the act is to train or retrain and place eligibleindividuals in permanent, unsubsidized employment, preferably in theprivate sector. Eligible individuals are primarily economicallydisadvantaged individuals, in particular economically disadvantaged youth,dislocated workers, and others who face significant barriers toemployment. The act also provides that a fixed percentage of the blockgrant be used for programs for older individuals.
The Job Training Partnership Act may be used for a variety ofpurposes including classroom instruction in occupational skills and otherjob-related training; on-the-job training; recruitment; orientation;counseling; testing; and placements and supportive services. In additionto the block grants, the act provides for national programs for specialtarget groups such as Native Americans and migrant and seasonalfarmworkers. It also provides authority for the Job Corps, a residentialtraining program for disadvantaged youth.
The act is open-ended legislation and was signed into law onOctober 13, 1982. Implementing regulations for the act issued by theDepartment of Labor are contained in title 20 of the Code of FederalRegulations, parts 626-636 and 675-684.
For further information, call 202-219-0236.
Senior Community Service Employment Program
Authorized by title V of the Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. 3056), theprogram makes subsidized, part-time job opportunities in community serviceactivities available to low-income persons aged 55 and above. Projectgrants are made to national-level public and private nonprofit agenciesand to units of State governments. The distribution of funds among theStates is governed by a statutory apportionment formula.
For further information, call 202-219-0500.
Planning and Policy Development
The Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Developmentformulates and recommends Administration policies, plans, and resourceallocations; develops and maintains strategic and operational planningsystems, and regulatory tracking system; develops and reviews legislativeproposals relating to employment and training initiatives; administers theresearch, demonstration, and evaluation program; and develops andimplements a nationwide system of legislatively mandated performancestandards and program review and assessment procedures.
For further information, call 202-219-0662.
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Financial and Administrative Management
Financial and administrative management is provided to theEmployment and Training Administration through the Office of theComptroller, the Office of Information Resources Management, the Office ofGrants and Contract Management, and the Office of Management Support.
The Office of the Comptroller provides leadership and directionto ensure sound management of financial resources throughout theEmployment and Training Administration; provides budget, accounting, anddata analysis services for the agency; and plans, develops, promulgates,and executes policies, standards, and guidelines governing managementinformation, budget, accounting, and financial procurement systems.
The Office of Information Resources Management plans, develops,implements, and operates the Administration's comprehensive managementinformation system composed of integrated supplementary systems forcollecting, processing, and communicating employment and trainingprograms, and financial data.
The Office of Grants and Contract Management resolves audits,closes out contracts and grants, and seeks to satisfy extraordinarymonetary claims; and applies sanctions against grantees and contractorswho violate agency-administered laws or regulations.
The Office of Management Support provides centralizedprocurement services to the Administration's national office components;provides all administrative, personnel, organizational analysis, andproperty and engineering management services; directs the development,implementation, and administration of functions concerning the operationaland financial integrity of agency programs; conducts inquiries,assessments, and reviews, including intra-agency and interagencyinvestigations for the Assistant Secretary; and coordinates all activitiesassociated with reviews of the Administration by the General AccountingOffice, the Inspector General of the Department of Labor, the Departmentof Justice, and other agencies.
The Administration's internal control staff administers theFederal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982 to ensure the adoptionof safeguards to protect the Employment and Training Administration'sresources, to produce information that is accurate and reliable, and topromote adherence to laws, regulations, and policy governing operationalefficiency and economy. Pre-award clearance screening, internal controlreviews of selected administrative and program activities, andadministration of vulnerability assessments are the key responsibilitiesof this office.
For further information, call 202-219-0690.
Regional Management
The Office of Regional Management provides leadership to theEmployment and Training Administration's regional offices that are locatedin 10 areas throughout the United States. The Office executes direct-lineauthority over Administration field activities (except the Bureau ofApprenticeship and Training and Job Corps) and provides a central point ofcontact at the headquarters level in connection with national office
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component dealings with regional staff.
Within its area of jurisdiction, each regional office isresponsible for the oversight and grant administration of employment andtraining programs operated by State governments. Other public interestresponsibilities include the coordination of Administration activitieswith Federal assistance programs of other agencies within the region; theimplementation of employment training administrative policies on equalemployment opportunity; and assistance to the States in carrying outoperational responsibilities for employment and training programs at theState and local levels.
The Office of the American Workplace was created by SecretarialOrder No. 2-93, dated July 21, 1993. The Assistant Secretary for theAmerican Workplace is responsible for administering and directingworkplace programs which: encourage the development of work organization,technology, and performance measurements that enhance businesscompetitiveness and the skills, involvement, and commitment of front-lineemployees; promote innovative relations between managers, labor unions,and professional organizations; administer statutory programs to certifyemployee protection provisions of various federally sponsoredtransportation programs; and safeguard the financial integrity andinternal democracy of American labor unions, while assisting the unions inimproving their organizational and administrative effectiveness.
Office of Work and Technology Policy
This office provides advice and assistance on the creation andimplementation of high-performance workplace programs; coordinates contactbetween the Secretary and business and industry leaders on thetransformation of the American workplace; encourages joint ventures withindustry organizations to promote effective workplace practices; andgenerates national-scale interest in developing new work systems toincrease America's competitive performance, while developing Americanworkers to their maximum potential.
Office of Labor-Management Programs
This office provides leadership and advice regarding significantdevelopments in the collective-bargaining arena, and reviews legislativeproposals which will impact labor-management relations. The Office offersa widerange of informational and technical assistance to employers,unions, academia, community-based organizations, and other organizationsand individuals sharing common interests in improving the practice ofindustrial relations, especially through joint labor and managementefforts.
Office of Labor-Management Standards
This office administers provisions of the Labor-Management Reporting andDisclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 401) and section 1209 of the PostalReorganization Act (39 U.S.C. 1209), which affect labor organizations inthe private sector and labor organizations composed of Postal Serviceemployees; as well as section 701 of the Civil Service Reform Act (5U.S.C. 7120) and section 1017 of the Foreign Service Act (22 U.S.C. 4117),which affect labor organizations composed of employees of most agencies ofthe executive branch of the Federal Government and certain other Federal
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agencies subject to similar standards of conduct. These provisionsregulate certain internal union procedures, protect the rights of membersin approximately 48,000 unions, and govern the handling of union funds;disclosure and reporting of certain financial transactions andadministrative practices of unions, union officers and employees, suretycompanies, employers, and labor relations consultants; election of unionofficers; and the imposition and administration of trusteeships.
Through technical assistance, the Office seeks to obtainvoluntary compliance with the requirements of the law by labororganizations, employers, and other affected entities and individuals.Enforcement through the Federal courts also is available under thereporting and disclosure act procedures, while the standards of conductare enforced by administrative action with a final decision by theAssistant Secretary.
For further information, contact the Public Affairs Team, Office of theAmerican Workplace, Department of Labor, Room N5402, 200 ConstitutionAvenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-6098.
ATLANTA -- Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina ....... Suite 600,1365 Peachtree St. NE., Atlanta, GA 30367 ....... Ronald Lehman
BOSTON -- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York(northern and western), Rhode Island, Vermont ....... Suite 302, 121 HighSt., Boston, MA 02110 ....... James Cannon
CHICAGO -- Illinois (northern), Indiana (northern), Michigan, Minnesota,North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin ....... Suite 774, 230 S. DearbornSt., Chicago, IL 60604-2773 ....... John Beaty
CLEVELAND -- Indiana (southern), Kentucky, Ohio ....... Suite 831, 1240 E.9th St., Cleveland, OH 44199 ....... James Gearhart, Acting
KANSAS CITY -- Colorado, Illinois (southern), Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming ....... Suite 1606, 911Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106 ....... Kamil Bishara
NEW YORK -- New Jersey, New York (southeastern and metropolitan areas)....... Suite 878, 201 Varick St., New York, NY 10014 ....... William S.Chapman
PHILADELPHIA -- Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia ....... Suite 9452,600 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 ....... Eric Feldman
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada,Oregon, Washington ....... Suite 725, 71 Stevenson St., San Francisco, CA94105 ....... C. Russell Rock
WASHINGTON, DC -- District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, PuertoRico, Tennessee, Virginia ....... Suite 558, 1730 K St. NW., Washington,DC 20006 ....... Robert L. Merriner
The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA) helps toprotect the economic future and retirement security of working Americans,as required under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974(ERISA) (29 U.S.C. 1001).
The act requires administrators of private pension and welfareplans to provide plan participants with easily understandable summaries ofplans; to file those summaries with the agency; and to report annually onthe financial operation of the plans and bonding of persons charged withhandling plan funds and assets. Plan administrators must also meet strictfiduciary responsibility standards that are enforced by PWBA.
The Administration is charged with assuring responsiblemanagement of nearly 1 million pension plans and 4\1/2\ million health andwelfare plans, and is the national guardian of a vast private retirementand welfare benefit system. Its major activities include: formulatingcurrent and future policy; conducting research; issuing regulations andtechnical guidance concerning ERISA requirements; enforcing ERISArequirements; and assisting and educating the public and the employeebenefits community about ERISA. The Administration is enforced through its15 field offices nationwide and the national office in Washington, DC.
Vesting, participation, and funding standards are primarilyadministered by the Internal Revenue Service.
The Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards hasresponsibility for administering and directing employment standardsprograms dealing with: minimum wage and overtime standards; registrationof farm labor contractors; determining prevailing wage rates to be paid onGovernment contracts and subcontracts; nondiscrimination and affirmativeaction for minorities, women, veterans, and handicapped Governmentcontract and subcontract workers; and workers' compensation programs forFederal and certain private employers and employees.
For further information, call 202-219-7320.
Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Administrator is responsible for planning,directing, and administering programs dealing with a variety of Federallabor legislation. These programs are designed to:
-- protect low-wage incomes as provided by the minimum wageprovisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 201);
-- safeguard the health and welfare of workers by discouragingexcessively long hours of work through enforcement of the overtimeprovisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act;
-- safeguard the health and well-being of minors;
-- prevent curtailment of employment and earnings for students,trainees, and handicapped workers;
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-- minimize losses of income and job rights caused byindebtedness; and
-- direct a program of farm labor contractor registrationdesigned to protect the health, safety, and welfare of migrant andseasonal agricultural workers; and
-- administer and enforce a number of immigration-relatedprograms (with INS) designed to safeguard the rights of both American andforeign workers and to prevent American workers similarly employed frombeing adversely affected by employment of alien workers.
The Wage and Hour Division is also responsible forpredetermination of prevailing wage rates for Federal constructioncontracts and federally assisted programs for construction, alteration andrepair of public works subject to the Davis-Bacon (40 U.S.C. 276a) andrelated acts, and a continuing program for determining wage rates underthe Service Contract Act (41 U.S.C. 351). The Division also hasenforcement responsibility in ensuring that prevailing wages and overtimestandards are paid in accordance with the provisions of the Davis-Baconand related acts: Service Contract Act, Public Contracts Act, and ContractWork Hours and Safety Standards Act.
For further information, contact the Office of the Administrator, Wage andHour Division, Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 200 Constitution AvenueNW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-8305.
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
The Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is responsible forthe administration of the three basic Federal workers' compensation laws:the Federal Employees Compensation Act, which provides workers'compensation for Federal employees and others; the Longshore and HarborWorkers' Compensation Act and its various extensions (the Defense BaseAct, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, Nonappropriated FundInstrumentalities Act, the District of Columbia Compensation Act, the WarHazards Compensation Act, and the War Claims Act), which provide benefitsto employees in private enterprise while engaged in maritime employment onnavigable waters in the United States, as well as employees of certaingovernment contractors and to private employers in the District ofColumbia for injuries that occurred prior to July 27, 1982; and the BlackLung Benefits Act, as amended, which extends benefits to coal miners whoare totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, a respiratory diseasecontracted after prolonged inhalation of coal mine dust, and to theirsurvivors when the miner's death is due to pneumoconiosis.
(Areas included within each region are indicated on the map in Appendix A.)head level 1 :head level 1 :Region Office/Addresshead level 1 :Wage and Hour Administratorhead level 1 :Federal Contract Compliance Regional Director
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head level 1 :Workers' Compensation Programs Regional Director
For further information, contact the Office of the Director, Office ofWorkers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor, Room S-3524, 200Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-7503.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health hasresponsibility for occupational safety and health activities.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, establishedpursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651et seq.), develops and promulgates occupational safety and healthstandards; develops and issues regulations; conducts investigations andinspections to determine the status of compliance with safety and healthstandards and regulations; and issues citations and proposes penalties fornoncompliance with safety and health standards and regulations.
For further information, contact the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-8151.
Mine Safety and Health Administration
The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health hasresponsibility for safety and health in the Nation's mines.
The Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 (30 U.S.C.801 et seq.) gave the Administration strong enforcement provisions toprotect the Nation's coal miners and, in 1977, the Congress passed
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amendments which strengthened the act, expanding its protections andextending its provisions to the noncoal mining industry.
The Administration develops and promulgates mandatory safety andhealth standards, ensures compliance with such standards, assesses civilpenalties for violations, and investigates accidents. It cooperates withand provides assistance to the States in the development of effectiveState mine safety and health programs, improves and expands trainingprograms in cooperation with the States and the mining industry, and, incoordination with the Department of Health and Human Services and theDepartment of the Interior, contributes to the improvement and expansionof mine safety and health research and development. All of theseactivities are aimed at preventing and reducing mine accidents andoccupational diseases in the mining industry.
The statutory responsibilities of the Administration areadministered by a headquarters staff located at Arlington, VA, reportingto the Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health and by a fieldnetwork of district, subdistrict, and field offices, technology centers,and the Approval and Certification Center.
For further information, contact the Office of Information and PublicAffairs, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, Room601, 4015 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203. Phone, 703-235-1452.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal data-gatheringagency of the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics. Ithas no enforcement or regulatory functions. The Bureau collects,processes, analyzes, and disseminates data relating to employment,unemployment, and other characteristics of the labor force; prices andconsumer expenditures; wages, other worker compensation, and industrialrelations; productivity and technological change; economic growth andemployment projections; and occupational safety and health. Most of thedata are collected in surveys conducted by the Bureau, the Bureau of theCensus (on a contract basis), or on a cooperative basis with Stateagencies.
The Bureau strives to have its data satisfy a number ofcriteria, including: relevance to current social and economic issues,timeliness in reflecting today's rapidly changing economic conditions,accuracy and consistently high statistical quality, and impartiality inboth subject matter and presentation.
The basic data -- practically all supplied voluntarily bybusiness establishments and members of private households -- are issued inmonthly, quarterly, and annual news releases; bulletins, reports, and
special publications; and periodicals. Data are also made availablethrough an electronic news service, magnetic tape, diskettes, andmicrofiche, as well as on Internet. Regional offices issue additionalreports and releases usually presenting locality or regional detail.
ATLANTA -- Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, NorthCarolina, South Carolina, Tennessee ....... 1371 Peachtree St. NE.,Atlanta, GA 30367 ....... Janet S. Rankin
BOSTON -- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,Vermont ....... 1603-B Federal Bldg., Boston, MA 02203 ....... Anthony J.Ferrara
CHICAGO -- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin .......230 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60604 ....... Lois Orr
DALLAS -- Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas ....... 525Griffin Sq. Bldg., Dallas, TX 75202 ....... Robert A. Goddie
KANSAS CITY -- Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, NorthDakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming ....... Suite 600, City Center Sq.,1100 Main St., 64106) ....... Gunnan Engen
NEW YORK -- New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Canal Zone....... 201 Varick St., New York, NY 10014 ....... Samuel M. Ehrenhalt
PHILADELPHIA -- Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,Virginia, West Virginia ....... 3535 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104....... Alan M. Paisner
SAN FRANCISCO -- Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam,Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,Washington ....... 71 Stevenson St., San Francisco, CA 94119-3766 .......Sam M. Hirabayashi
For further information, contact the Associate Commissioner, Office ofPublications, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, Room 4110,2 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20212. Phone, 202-606-5900.
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
The Veterans' Employment and Training Service is the componentof the Department of Labor administered by the Assistant Secretary forVeterans' Employment and Training. The Assistant Secretary is theprincipal advisor to the Secretary of Labor in the formulation and
implementation of all departmental policies, procedures, and regulationsaffecting veterans and is responsible for administering veterans'employment and training programs and activities through the Service toensure that legislative and regulatory mandates are accomplished.
The Service carries out its responsibilities for directing theDepartment's veterans' employment and training programs through anationwide network that includes Regional Administrators, Directors (ineach State) and Assistant Directors (one for each 250,000 veterans in eachState) for Veterans' Employment and Training, Assistant RegionalAdministrators and Area Agents for Veterans' Reemployment Rights,
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Veterans' Program Specialists, and program support staff.
The Service field staff works closely with and providestechnical assistance to State Employment Security Agencies and JobTraining Partnership Act grant recipients to ensure that veterans areprovided the priority services required by law. They also coordinate withemployers, labor unions, veterans service organizations, and communityorganizations through planned public information and outreach activities.Federal contractors are provided management assistance in complying withtheir veterans affirmative action and reporting obligations.
Also administered by the Assistant Secretary through the Serviceis the Job Training Partnership Act, title IV, part C grant programdesigned to meet the employment and training needs of service-connecteddisabled veterans, Vietnam-era veterans, and veterans recently separatedfrom military service. IV-C grants are awarded and monitored through theService's national office and field staff.
Certain other Service staff also administer the veteransreemployment rights program. They provide assistance to help restore job,seniority, and pension rights to veterans following absences from work foractive military service and to protect employment and retention rights ofmembers of the Reserve or National Guard.
For further information, contact the Assistant Secretary for Veterans'Employment and Training, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-9116.
Sources of Information
Contracts
General inquiries may be directed to the Office of Acquisition Integrity,OASAM, Room S-1522, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.Phone, 202-219-8904.
Inquiries on doing business with the Job Corps should bedirected to the appropriate Job Corps Regional Director in the Employmentand Training Administration regional office.
Employment
Personnel offices use lists of eligibles from the clerical, scientific,technical, and general examinations of the Office of Personnel Management.
Inquiries and applications may be directed to any of the eightpersonnel offices at: Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,Washington, DC 20210, or the nearest regional office. Information onspecific vacancies may be obtained by calling the Department's JobOpportunity Bank System. Phone, 800-366-2753.
Publications
The Office of Public Affairs distributes a brochure entitled Department ofLabor, which describes the activities of the major agencies within theDepartment, and Publications of the Department of Labor, a subject listingof publications available from the Department.
The Employment and Training Administration issues periodicalssuch as Area Trends in Employment and Unemployment available bysubscription through the Superintendent of Documents, Government PrintingOffice, Washington, DC 20402. Information about publications may beobtained from the Administration's Information Office. Phone,202-219-6871.
The Office of Labor-Management Standards publishes the text ofthe Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (29 U.S.C. 401) andpamphlets that explain the reporting, election, bonding, and trusteeshipprovisions of the act. The pamphlets and reporting forms used by persons
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covered by the act are available free in limited quantities from the OLMSNational Office at Room N-5616, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,DC 20210, and from OLMS field offices listed in the telephone directoryunder United States Government, Department of Labor.
The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration distributes factsheets, pamphlets, and booklets on employer obligations and employeerights under ERISA. A list of publications is available by writing: PWBA,Division of Public Information, Room N-5666, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-8921.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has an Information Office in theGeneral Accounting Office Building, 441 G Street NW., Washington, DC20212, phone, 202-219-1221. Periodicals include the Monthly Labor Review,Consumer Price Index, Producer Prices and Price Indexes, Employment andEarnings, Current Wage Developments, Occupational Outlook Handbook, andOccupational Outlook Quarterly. Publications are both free and for sale,but for-sale items must be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents,Government Printing Office. Inquiries may be directed to the WashingtonInformation Office or to the Bureau's regional offices.
Publications of the Employment Standards Administration, such asHandy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act, and OFCCP, MakingAffirmative Action Work, are available from the nearest area office.Single copies are free.
Reading Rooms
Department of Labor Library, Room N2439, Frances Perkins Building, 200Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-6988.
The Office of Labor-Management Standards maintains a PublicDisclosure Room at Room N-5616, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,DC 20210. Reports filed under the Labor-Management Reporting andDisclosure Act may be examined there and purchased for 15 cents per page.Reports also may be obtained by calling the Public Disclosure Room at202-219-7393, or by contacting an Office field office listed in thetelephone directory under United States Government, Department of Labor.
The Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration maintains aPublic Disclosure Room at Room N-5507, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,Washington, DC 20210. Reports filed under the Employee Retirement IncomeSecurity Act may be examined there and purchased for 10 cents per page orby calling the Public Disclosure Room at 202-219-8771.
For further information concerning the Department of Labor, contact theOffice of Public Affairs, Department of Labor, Room S-1032, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Phone, 202-219-7316.