DOL Seeks to Shore Up Enforcement Funding

During his testimony before the House Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh requested more than $700 million in FY 2023 funding – nearly $90 million more than current funding levels – to help the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), “rebuild its rulemaking and enforcement capacity, expand its whistleblower protection program, and increase its outreach and compliance assistance.” OSHA plans to double the number of inspectors by the end of President Biden’s first term.

Secretary Walsh requested an increase in funding for Wage and Hour Division to more than $56 million over current FY 2022 funding levels to protect workers and target wage violators. Wage and Hour previously announced plans to add 100 wage-hour investigators to their employ.

For the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the Biden administration is requesting about $39 million dollars above current funding levels, “to fully enforce employment antidiscrimination requirements to ensure federal contracting consistent with America’s promise to all workers in America.”

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