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DoL

DoL

2 5.6
A United States government department that makes rules and helps people at work
  • noun
  • Formal
translation icon : Departamento de Trabajo
  • Responses to the recruitment campaign are sent directly to the DOL, which forwards them to the employer for evaluation.
  • attestation with the DOL
  • DOL evaluates the application
  • DOL regulations

Examples

  • The DOL requires employers to provide a safe working environment for all employees.

  • I have checked in with DOL, and I would recommend you do the same.

    Blog text (34)

  • Notice must be given to the employees and to the DOL on the same day.

    Academic text (1993)

  • In addition, the DOL noted that the turnover rates are higher for women than for men.

    Academic text (1996)

  • If these people feel threatened, they need to contact the DOL or EEOC, or find another employer.

    Blog text (32)

  • Also, "any aggrieved party or organization" may file a complaint with DOL challenging an attestation.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Yet, the DOL refuses to use its regulatory regional schedules of preapproved occupations.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Berkenfeld's bottom line brought an audible gasp from the mostly labor-friendly audience at the DOL conference.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Second, the system suffers from the current DOL policy of subjecting applications to review for conformity with hyper-technical recruitment requirements.

    Academic text (1990)

  • As the agency tasked with implementing the FLSA, the DOL is afforded some deference when it interprets that statute.83

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

Labor
vsDoL
  • Formal
81 3.8

A United States government department that protects workers and makes rules about work

is the written abbreviation used instead of the shorter single-word name
Labor Department
vsDoL
  • Formal
32 2.7

A part of the United States government that helps workers and improves their working conditions

is the abbreviation rather than this alternate full-name form
Department of Labor
vsDoL
  • Formal
15 2.8

A US government department that helps workers and protects their rights at work

is the abbreviation used instead of that full official name

Surface Forms

DoL singular
DoLs plural

Morphology

DoL = Department + Labor (opaque) = D + o + L

The form is an initialism; the letters do not transparently convey the meaning unless the expansion 'Department of Labor' is known.

Etymology

DoL is a short form of Department of Labor, which literally means an official 'department' for 'labor', meaning 'work'. So, in the United States, DoL is the government office that looks after workers, jobs, and safe working conditions.