Human Resources & Organizational Behavior

Promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.

"Six LARA [Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs] agencies are responsible for delivering unemployment insurance services to Michigan's jobless workers and employers, providing disability vocational rehabilitation, resolving labor disputes, assisting employers and workers with the compensation process when an on-the-job injury occurs, and protecting the safety, health, earned wages and fringe benefits of workers."

"The mission of the Employee Benefits Security Administration is to assure the security of the retirement, health and other workplace related benefits of America's workers and their families. We will accomplish this mission by developing effective regulations; assisting and educating workers, plan sponsors, fiduciaries and service providers; and vigorously enforcing the law."

Info on employment taxes, HIRE Act, Employer ID Numbers, Affordable Care Act, health care tax credits, employee tool/equipment plans, retirement plan requirements, etc.

The NLRB is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector. NLRB guards employees against unfair labor practices by employers or unions and oversees elections where employees decide whether they want to be represented by unions.

Part of the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA's mission is to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health.

Official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration

"oversees lawful immigration to the United States"

The EEOC enforces employment discrimination laws and conducts investigations of alleged discrimination in the workplace. The page provides useful information for both employees and employers alike.

Includes the NAICS-based Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) Explorer by state, county and sub-county, industry, year and quarter, sex, age group and ownership, net job gains and losses from 2007Q4 onward. Also includes mapping applications.

The BLS is the principal Federal statistical agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. It collects, analyzes, and disseminates economic information to support public and private decision–making.