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Department of Labor Created
President William Taft signed the Organic Act to create a Department of Labor for the United States. -
Women's Bureau organic act
The law gave the Bureau the duty 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.” -
Railway Labor Act
The purposes of the RLA are to avoid any interruption of interstate commerce by providing for the prompt disposition of disputes between carriers and their employees and protects the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively. -
Davis-Bacon Act.
United States federal law which established the requirement for paying prevailing wages on public works projects. -
The Social Security Act
An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration of their unemployment compensation laws; to establish a Social Security Board; to raise revenue; and for other purposes -
Employment Act of 1946
Establishes national economic goals. -
Wilkins Appointed Assitant Sec. of Labor
J. Ernest Wilkins appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs; only second African American to serve in a sub-Cabinet position. -
Manpower Development and Training Act.
The Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) launched the era of federal funding for employee training and development. In the 1950s, the growing automation and technology industries needed more skilled workers. By passing MDTA, Congress took steps to meet that need. Local public and private agencies used MDTA funds to identify and provide the necessary training. For the first time, Congress passed a jobs bill that did not include jobs creation or publicly funded job programs. -
Manpower Administration Created
Administers DOL programs in areas of employment services, job training, and unemployment insurance. Supervises the activities of the Unemployment Insurance Service; the U.S. Employment Service; and the Office of Work-Based Learning, consisting of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, the Office of Employment and Training, and the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. Conducts, through the Office of Strategic Planning and Program Development, and a continuing research program. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964;
Outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public ("public accommodations"). -
Employment Standards Administration established.
ESA sought to assure all Americans their rights to dignity and equality in the workplace. -
Migrant and Seasonal Worker Protection Act.
The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) provides employment-related protections to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and is administered and enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor. -
Drug-Free Workplace Act;
Requires that all organizations receiving federal grants, regardless of amount granted, maintain a drug-free
workplace in compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 -
School-to-Work Opportunities Act.
is designed to facilitate the creation of a universal, high quality school-to-work transition system. These systems are to provide all students with opportunities to participate in programs that integrate school- and work-based learning, vocational and academic education, and secondary and postsecondary education. -
Pension Protection Act
To protect workers and retirees and to encourage continued sponsorship of pension plans.