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  2. Employment Standards Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Employment Standards Administration (ESA) was the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor.Its four subagencies enforced and administered laws governing legally mandated wages and working conditions, including child labor, minimum wages, overtime pay, and family and medical leave; equal employment opportunity in businesses with federal contracts and subcontracts; workers ...

  3. Wage and Hour Division - Wikipedia

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    The Wage and Hour Division was created with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement of a wide range of laws which collectively cover virtually all private and State and local government employment.

  4. Category : United States Department of Labor agencies

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    Occupational Safety and Health Administration (18 P) Pages in category "United States Department of Labor agencies" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.

  5. United States Department of Labor - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics.

  6. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs - Wikipedia

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    The agency received increased attention under the Obama administration. [6] [7] This was signaled by the elimination of the Employment Standards Administration. During this time, some argued that the career staff lacked competence or were motivated by job security. Additionally, other staff were criticized for lack of experience. [8]

  7. Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 - Wikipedia

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    In June 2007, the Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration estimated that of 141.7 million workers in the United States, 94.4 million worked at FMLA-covered worksites, and 76.1 million were eligible for FMLA leave.

  8. Victoria Lipnic - Wikipedia

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    In March 2002, Lipnic joined the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) as Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards. The Employment Standards Administration (ESA) was the largest agency of the DOL with more than 4,000 employees around the country and a $5 billion budget. ESA consisted of the Wage and Hour Division, the Office of Federal Contract ...

  9. Labour law - Wikipedia

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    Employment standards are social norms (in some cases also technical standards) for the minimum socially acceptable conditions under which employees or contractors are allowed to work. Government agencies (such as the former US Employment Standards Administration) enforce labour law (legislature, regulatory, or judicial).