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Department of Labor
Famous Former Secretary
Frances Perkins was the first woman appointed to the Cabinet in 1933, and was the Secretary of Labor
Current Secretary
Order of Succession
Thomas E. Perez
The Secretary of labor is 11th in line for president, not including the president.
Year Founded
The Bureau of Labor was established in 1889 under the Department of the Interior. Later, the Bureau of Labor became an independent Department of Labor but lacked executive rank. It became a bureau again within the Department of Commerce and Labor, which was established February 15, 1903. President William Howard Taft signed the March 4, 1913 bill establishing the Department of Labor as a Cabinet-level Department.
There are 17,477 Members (2010) that are responsible for managing the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improving working conditions; advancing opportunities for profitable employment; and assuring work-related benefits and rights. The department enforces more than 180 federal laws. Annual budget of $13.3 Billion (2010).
Significant Obama Action
On March 13th, 2014, Obama directed the Labor Department to revamp its regulations to require overtime pay for several million additional fast-food managers, loan officers, computer technicians and others whom many businesses currently classify as “executive or professional”.
Famous Historical Action
With the entry of the U.S. into World War I on April 5, 1917, adequate war production became a national necessity and issues of working conditions and labor peace assumed supreme importance. The Department assumed the major responsibility for implementing the nation's war labor policies, which included recognition of the right of workers to bargain collectively and an 8-hour workday.
Famous Sub-Agencies
Women's Bureau (WB)- Agency created in 1920 that had the purpose "to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable, employment."
"Did you know?"
- The first female member of Congress was part of the Department of Labor
- Labor day wasn't created by the Department of Labor