<Li> Patrick Pizzella, Deputy Secretary </Li> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.dol.gov </Td> </Tr> <P> The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet - level department of the U.S. federal government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, reemployment services, and some economic statistics; many U.S. states also have such departments . The department is headed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor . </P> <P> The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the wellbeing of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work - related benefits and rights . In carrying out this mission, the Department of Labor administers and enforces more than 180 federal laws and thousands of federal regulations . These mandates and the regulations that implement them cover many workplace activities for about 10 million employers and 125 million workers . </P>

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