Industrial & Labor Relations

U.S. Department of Labor Agencies

Links to several of the key administrative agencies for United States labor administration.

• Department of Labor - The cabinet-level agency responsible for general administration of federal labor laws, the DOL includes several sub-agencies responsible for a wide range of labor and employment-related functions.
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics  The principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration  Sets and enforces standards for safe and healthful working conditions
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• Federal Labor Relations Authority
  Establishes policy and resolves disputes involving relations between employees of the U.S. federal government and their employers. Analogous to the private sector's NLRB (see below).

• Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
  Promotes cooperation between employees and management by providing mediation and other conflict resolution services to industry, government agencies, and communities.
  
  
• Merit Systems Protection Board
  Adjudicates disputes involving employees of the federal government.
  
  
• National Labor Relations Board
  Administers elections to determine whether employees want union representation and investigates and resolves unfair labor practices by private employers or unions. Analogous to the public sector's FLRA (see above). 

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  • Regional Office (including Wisconsin) (Region 18)

• National Mediation Board
  Facilitates resolution of labor-management disputes in the railroad and airline industries under the railway Labor Act of 1926. Oversees the National Air Transport Adjustment Board (NATAB) and the National Railway Adjustment Board (NRAB).
  
  
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
  Created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to support the continuation and maintenance of private-sector defined benefit pension plans.