Department of Labor Web Sites
Links to Federal and state department of labor Web sites are listed below.
Department of Labor Facts
Department of labor is a broad term that describes all of the
equivalent government agencies at the state and Federal levels. It comes
from the proper name of the agency at the Federal level, which is the U.S.
Department of Labor (see below).
But state equivalent agencies might go by different proper names. For
example, the equivalent California agency is the Department
of Industrial Relations, while the equivalent Texas agency is the Workforce
Commission.
Regardless of their proper names, department of labor Web sites are excellent
places to start for researching or asking questions about Federal and state employment
and labor laws and other employment-related matters, for both employees
and employers. Examples are listed below.
The Federal or a state department of labor is also typically the place
to file a complaint against an employer, for an alleged violation
of an employment or labor law that the department enforces. But it might
be a good idea to first seek the advice of an attorney.
An attorney will help you to better file your complaint in legalese,
to increase your chances that a department of labor will act on your behalf.
An attorney will also tell you if
you should file your complaint with the Federal or state department of
labor based on the applicable law, and whether or not filing a private
lawsuit instead might gain better relief. Typically, once you've gained
relief through a department of labor (or other government
agency), you cannot file a private lawsuit in an attempt to gain better
relief for the same matter.
U.S. Department of Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor is also sometimes referred to as
the Federal Department of Labor. In either case, it's abbreviated
as DOL and its one of the largest enforcement agencies in
the Federal government.
The U.S. Department of Labor administers and/or enforces over 180
Federal employment and labor laws, for which it provides research and compliance
resources, and related contact information for asking questions and filing
employee complaints if applicable. It also provides research resources
for certain state and Federal employment, labor
and discrimination laws that it doesn't administer. It's an excellent
resource for both employees and employers.
U.S. Department
of Labor
State Department of Labor
A state department of labor administers state
employment and labor laws for which it's responsible and which might
differ from the Federal equivalents. Typically, state department of labor
Web sites provide employment and labor law or employee
rights research resources, compliance assistance, and related contact
information for asking questions and filing complaints, if the latter
is applicable.
Some of the links below don't lead directly to state department of labor
Web sites, but rather to state-government "gateways"
that include or link to information about state labor and employment matters.
That's because not every state department of labor has its own Web site
or the gateway provides more extensive employment and labor research resources.
In either case, browse the gateway to find the information you're seeking.
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