Department of Labor

noun

1. the department of the U.S. federal government that promotes and improves the welfare, opportunities, and working conditions of wage earners. DOL

Department of Labor

1. A department of the federal executive branch concerned with improving working conditions and employment opportunities for laborers. Its programs include job training (especially for the poor), appraising manpower resources and needs, and regulating occupational safety.

Example Sentences

What’s more, Congress has curtailed funding for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, or EBSA, a small agency in the Department of Labor that enforces mental health parity in most employer-sponsored health insurance plans.

From Salon

Department of Labor launched A-TEAM — Athletes in Temporary Employment as Agricultural Manpower — with the goal of recruiting 20,000 high school athletes to harvest summer crops.

From Los Angeles Times

The order gives the Department of Labor 180 days to review rules and experts said any change was unlikely to be felt immediately.

From BBC

Announcing that previous labor reports were “falsified” causes immediate reputational harm to the commissioner, the Department of Labor and the U.S. economy overall.

From Salon

Department of Labor served a warrant at the home around 6 a.m., according to the El Monte Police Department, which provided assistance along with the FBI.

From Los Angeles Times