About Worker.gov
Worker.gov was created by the U.S. Department of Labor to provide information about workers’ rights and common workplace concerns. This site is not intended to be comprehensive. This compliance assistance tool covers various topics and labor laws enforced by several Federal agencies:
DOL
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) mission is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.
EEOC
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing Federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information.
DOJ
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) enforces Federal laws prohibiting employment practices that discriminate on the grounds of race, sex, disability, religion, national origin, and citizenship status.
NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent Federal agency vested with the power to safeguard employees’ rights to organize and to determine whether to have unions as their bargaining representative. The agency also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private-sector employers and unions.
Worker.gov’s companion site, Employer.gov, provides information about the responsibilities of job creators toward their workers and answers to common questions. Also included in this suite of compliance assistance resources are the elaws (Employment Laws Assistance for Workers and Small Businesses) Advisors, a set of interactive, online tools that help employers and employees learn more about their rights and responsibilities under numerous Federal employment laws.