Agencies that Protect Workers
OSHA & US Dept. of Labor
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Works to protect our jobs
- reduces workplace hazards
- Implement new or improve existing safety & health programs
- Established in 1970 by Congress
- Is an agency of the US Department of Labor
US Dept. of Labor
- The Secretary of Labor is a cabinet position, and is appointed by the president
- Many things we take for granted originated in the Dept. of Labor
- Child labor laws and Minimum wage.