Labor Department to Get Budget Boost in Joint Funding Bill (2)

The Labor Department would see a $65 million budget increase this year under a bipartisan funding bill released Tuesday.

The spending bill is one of several the House and Senate are trying to pass before the end of January to avoid another government shutdown.

The DOL would get $13.7 billion in discretionary funding for fiscal year 2026, giving $260 million for the Wage and Hour Division and $100 million for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which the Trump administration has sought to gut.

The bill would cut DOL’s enforcement budget by $13 million, including reductions to the Occupational ...