Human Resource Management

The mission of the United States Department of Labor is to "foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights."

This page contains a complete list of all pages at the U.S. Department of Labor. Some of these pages would be useful for human resource managers, such as 401(k) Plans For Small Businesses, Back Pay, Child Labor - Domestic (U.S.), COBRA, Disability Resources, Employee Benefit Plans, Hours of Work, Leave Benefits, Pension Plans, Wage Garnishment, and more.

"The Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program [from the U.S. Department of Labor] produces a wide range of information about workplace injuries and illnesses. These data are collected and reported annually through the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)."

"OSHA's mission is to assure America's workers have safe and healthful working conditions free from unlawful retaliation. OSHA carries out its mission by setting and enforcing standards; enforcing anti-retaliation provisions of the OSH Act and other federal whistleblower laws; providing and supporting training, outreach, education, and assistance; and working collaboratively with our state OSHA programs as well as ensuring that they are at least as effective as federal OSHA, furthering a national system of worker safety and health protections."

This page provides a shortcut to information and services the Department of Labor (DOL) offers employers.

"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation) , national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information."

"NIOSH [was established] as a research agency focused on the study of worker safety and health, and empowering employers and workers to create safe and healthy workplaces. NIOSH is part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."

"The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages and working conditions."

"The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) serves as the chief human resources agency and personnel policy manager for the Federal Government."

"CareerOneStop is the flagship career, training, and job search website for the U.S. Department of Labor. The website serves job seekers, businesses, students, and career advisors with a variety of free online tools, information and resources."

"The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures the change in the hourly labor cost to employers over time. The ECI uses a fixed “basket” of labor to produce a pure cost change, free from the effects of workers moving between occupations and industries and includes both the cost of wages and salaries and the cost of benefits."

"The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has 12 surveys or programs that provide information on pay and benefits. Choosing the data source that is right for your needs can be a challenge. This interactive table lets you compare the features of these data sources."

"The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) produces monthly and annual estimates of job openings, hires, and separations for the nation. The JOLTS program also produces monthly state estimates for all 50 states and the District of Columbia at the total nonfarm industry level."

"The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for approximately 830 occupations. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available."

"BLS has...surveys or programs that provide information on pay and benefits." (1) Employee Benefits, (2) Employee Cost Index, (3) Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, (4) Wages by Occupation and Area, (5) Earnings by Demographics (6) Earnings by Industry, (7) Geographic Information from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, (8) Hourly Compensation and Unit Labor Costs, (9) Modeled Wage Estimates, (10) Compensation Research and Program Development Group, (11) Minimum Wage Workers. There is also a Comparison Matrix of BLS compensation data sources tool that you can use.