29 U.S.C. § 13 — Powers and duties of bureau

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The Women's Bureau must create standards that improve conditions and job opportunities for working women. It can investigate and report to the Department of Labor on women's welfare in industry. Its director may publish those findings as the Secretary of Labor allows.

This section describes the Women's Bureau's job. The Bureau must set standards and policies that promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and expand their chances for profitable employment. The Bureau also has authority to investigate and report to the Department of Labor on anything related to the welfare of women in industry. The Bureau's director may publish the results of those investigations, but only in the manner and to the extent the Secretary of Labor allows.

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It shall be the duty of the Women’s Bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. The said bureau shall have authority to investigate and report to the Department of Labor upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of women in industry. The director of said bureau may from time to time publish the results of these investigations in such a manner and to such extent as the Secretary of Labor may prescribe.

Source credit: (June 5, 1920, ch. 248, § 2, 41 Stat. 987.)

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1920Enacted · Act of June 5, 1920, ch. 248 · 41 Stat. 987

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