Acting Secretary Su met Kilah Engelke, who began her career in the trades, and now, as a board member of the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership and founder of EmpowHER, is working to help other women get into the trades. Read more on her story and her advice for other women ..read more

Over the past century, domestic workers have fought to secure better working conditions and equal protections under the law. Our Wage and Hour Division remains committed to enforcing these hard-won protections and supporting the workers who support our families every day ..read more

We are unleashing our power to make sure every miner can come home safe and healthy at the end of every workday ..read more

Black birth workers have a longstanding history of providing compassionate care in the United States, but more must be done to protect Black mothers ..read more

The U.S. Department of Labor, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is releasing Guidance on Supportive Services for Child Care and Long-Term Care ..read more

Considering a new career? If you’re passionate about protecting the planet, check out these 8 fast-growing jobs with an environmental focus ..read more

More women are attracted to the high-paying, high-quality careers offered by the construction trades. Here are five ways employers can create safer and better workplaces for all workers, including women ..read more

Each year, our Employment and Training Administration provides oversight for programs authorized through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to help workers across the U.S. access jobs and careers. Data collected from these programs can provide helpful context to states about who uses the services and their outcomes, as well as any barriers to accessing the services. With that in mind, we recently shared the Workforce Services Dashboards. Developed in response to President Biden’s Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Fed ..read more

A federal employee’s account of how he used available resources to support his evolution from student to young professional ..read more

H-CAP brings together healthcare industry employers, local unions, training organizations, colleges and government representative to make the industry better for workers, patients and employers ..read more