Department of Labor This department is responsible for making sure America has a strong workforce. It works on job training, safe working conditions, minimum wage, discrimination in the workplace, and unemployment insurance. The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees<span> of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.</span>
