The Department of Labor fosters and 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. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.  To learn more about the DOL and its many resources, go to the DOL website or read the DOL newsletter.

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION (ETA)

Under the Department of Labor, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) administers federal government job training and worker dislocation programs, federal grants to states for public employment service programs, and unemployment insurance benefits. These services are primarily provided through state and local workforce development systems.  Visit the ETA website to learn more.

REGIONAL INNOVATION GRANTS - HISTORY

Regional Innovation Grants (RIG) are designed to assist State Workforce Agencies (SWA) and local Workforce Investment Boards (WIB) in the development of a comprehensive and integrated Regional Strategic Plan to counteract the effects of an economic shock and to prepare the workforce to succeed in the global economy. Regionalism and asset alignment are key elements to developing a strategy for economic transformation.

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