Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
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{{Short description|State government agency in Virginia}}
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| budget = $18.4m USD (2020)
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The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry is the executive branch agency of the state government responsible for administering labor and employment laws and programs in the U.S. state of Virginia.{{Cite web |title=Department of Labor and Industry {{!}} Virginia.gov |url=https://www.virginia.gov/agencies/department-of-labor-and-industry/?CAN-GP#:~:text=The%20Virginia%20Department%20of%20Labor%20and%20Industry%20(DOLI),East%20Main%20Street,%20Suite%20207%20Richmond,%20VA%2023219 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=www.virginia.gov}}{{Cite web |title=DOLI The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry |url=https://www.doli.virginia.gov/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5205AAAAMAAJ&q=Virginia+Department+of+Labor+and+Industry |title=Annual Report |date=1903 |publisher=Virginia Department of Labor and Industry |language=en}}
Background
Established by the Virginia General Assembly in 1898, the agency is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and is overseen by the Virginia Secretary of Labor, with day-to-day operations led by an agency commissioner appointed by the Governor of Virginia.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHymM1O-ISEC&q=Virginia+Department+of+Labor+and+Industry |title=Annual Report of the Department of Labor and Industry: Of the State of Virginia |date=1980 |publisher= |language=en}} The mission of the agency is "to make Virginia a better place in which to work, live, and conduct business."{{Cite web |title=DOLI Agency Mission |url=https://www.doli.virginia.gov/about/mission/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |language=en-US}}
Departments and divisions within the agency include a Labor Law Division, Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) Compliance, and Boiler Safety Compliance Division.{{Cite web |title=Code of Virginia - Title 40.1. Labor and Employment |url=https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title40.1/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=law.lis.virginia.gov}} The agency administers occupational health and safety programs, and funds registered apprenticeship and job training programs in the state. The agency also administers child labor, minimum wage, and other labor laws. The Virginia Apprenticeship Council and the Safety and Health Codes Board are the advisory bodies formally constituted in the Code of Virginia which are affiliated with the agency.{{Cite web |title=DOLI About |url=https://www.doli.virginia.gov/about/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |language=en-US}}
The agency is currently led by Gary G. Pan, who has served as commissioner since 2022.{{Cite web |title=DOLI Our Commissioner |url=https://www.doli.virginia.gov/about/our-commissioner/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |language=en-US}}
External links
- [http://www.doli.virginia.gov/ Agency Website]
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