DOL Launches Searchable Enforcement Database

Seal of the Department of LaborThe Department of Labor (DOL) has launched a website compiling enforcement data produced by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Wage and Hour Division (WHD), and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Searchable compliance data includes OFCCP compliance evaluations and complaint investigations, EBSA cases that resulted penalty assessments, OSHA inspection case details, and concluded WHD compliance actions, among other information. The DOL explains that the purpose of the enforcement website is “to make the enforcement data, collected by these agencies in the exercise of their mission, accessible and searchable, using common search criteria, by the public. It intends, also, to engage the public in new and creative ways of using this data.” The DOL further notes that the site is a work in progress, and that “new features, functionality, and search criteria will be added over time.” For example, the agency is working on making enforcement data searchable by company name and address, as well as other criteria.

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