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2. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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   The United States federal civil service is the civilian workforce (i.e., non-elected and non-military public sector employees) of the United States federal government 's departments and agencies. The federal civil service was established in 1871 ( 5 U.S.C. § 2101 ). [1] U.S. state and local government entities often have comparable civil ...

3. United States Department of Labor - Wikipedia

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   The United States Department of Labor ( DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics.

4. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act - Wikipedia

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   The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( WIOA) is a United States public law that replaced the previous Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) as the primary federal workforce development legislation to bring about increased coordination among federal workforce development and related programs. Although the Employment Service (ES) is one ...

5. Government hiring spree propping up the US job market - AOL

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   While the private sector job growth slowed sharply from 4.3% in 2022 to 2.3% in 2023, the government has seen a much more rapid pace of hiring. Public sector job growth jumped from a modest 1% in ...

6. Employment discrimination law in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Federal law governing employment discrimination has developed over time. The Equal Pay Act amended the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1963. It is enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor. [12] The Equal Pay Act prohibits employers and unions from paying different wages based on sex.

7. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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   Abraham Lincoln, First Annual Message (1861) Like slavery, common law repression of labor unions was slow to be undone. In 1806, Commonwealth v. Pullis held that a Philadelphia shoemakers union striking for higher wages was an illegal "conspiracy", even though corporations —combinations of employers—were lawful. Unions still formed and acted. The first federation of unions, the National ...

8. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ( EEOC) is a federal agency that was established via the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to administer and enforce civil rights laws against workplace discrimination. [3] : 12, 21 The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex ...

9. Federal Work-Study Program - Wikipedia

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   The Federal Work-Study Program originally called the College Work-Study Program [1] and in the United States frequently referred to as just "Work-study", is a federally -funded program in the United States that assists students with the costs of post-secondary education. The Federal Work-Study Program helps students earn financial funding ...