Wage and Hour Division

Wage and Hour Division
Agency overview

Formed	1938
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Employees	1,000
Agency executive	David Weil, Administrator
Website	/whd.gov.dolwww

The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.^[1]

Background

Specifically, the office deals with:

Recordkeeping
Youth and special employment
Fair Labor Standards Act (minimum wage, overtime, child labor)
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (leave)
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act (migrant workers, H-2A Visa program, Field Sanitation Provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act)
Employee Polygraph Protection Act
Worker protections in temporary worker programs
Davis–Bacon Act, McNamara–O'Hara Service Contract Act, Walsh–Healey Public Contracts Act, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (prevailing wages, government contracts)
Consumer Credit Protection Act (wage garnishment)

Until November 8, 2009, the Wage and Hour Division was one of four D.O.L. agencies that were components of the Employment Standards Administration. With the decommissioning of the ESA, Wage and Hour now reports directly to the Secretary of Labor.^[2]^[3]

References

^ http://www.dol.gov/whd/about/history/whdhist.htm
^ http://hr.cch.com/news/employment/081909a.asp
^ http://hr.cch.com/news/payroll/092409a.asp

External links

Official website
Wage and Hour Division in the Federal Register

Agencies under the United States Department of Labor

Headquarters: Frances Perkins Building Thomas Perez, Secretary of Labor Seth Harris, Deputy Secretary of Labor

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Categories

United States Department of Labor agencies

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Wage and Hour Division