Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry

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Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Logo.svg
Agency overview
Formed1913;110 years ago (1913)
Jurisdiction Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Headquarters Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Employees5,000
Agency executive
  • Nancy Walker, Secretary
Website www.dli.pa.gov

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is a cabinet-level agency in the Government of Pennsylvania. The agency is charged with the task of overseeing the health and safety of workers, enforcement of the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities, and administration of unemployment benefits and Workers' compensation. [1]

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History

When this agency was founded by Governor John Kinley Tener, John Price Jackson was appointed as the first Commissioner. Jackson was confirmed in post by Governor Martin Grove Brumbaugh on June 2, 1917, but took a leave of absence from state office when accepted a Commission in the US Army following the United States entry into the First World War. [2]

Secretaries of Labor and Industry

NameDates servedAppointed by
John Price Jackson 1913-1919 John K. Tener
Clifford B. Connelley1919-1923 William Cameron Sproul
Royal Meeker 1923-1925 Gifford Pinchot
Richard H. Lansburgh 1925-1927
Charles A. Waters 1927-1929 John Stuchell Fisher
Peter Glick1929-1931
Arthur Miller Northrop1931-1933Gifford Pinchot
Charlotte E. Carr 1933-1935
Edward Noel Jones1935 George Howard Earle III
Ralph Moody Bashore1935-1939
Lewis G. Hines1939-1943 Arthur James
William H. Chestnut1943-1951 Edward Martin
David M. Walker1951-1955 John S. Fine
John R. Torquato1955-1957 George M. Leader
William L. Batt, Jr.1957-1961
A. Allen Sulcowe1961-1963 David L. Lawrence
William P. Young1963-1967 William Scranton
William Joseph Hart1967-1968 Raymond P. Shafer
John K. Tabor1968-1969
Clifford L. Jones1969-1970
Theodore Robb1970-1971
Paul J. Smith1971-1979 Milton Shapp
Myron L. Joseph1979 Dick Thornburgh
Charles J. Lieberth1979-1981
Barry H. Stern1981-1984
James Knepper 1984-1987
Harris Wofford 1987-1991 Bob Casey Sr.
Tom Foley 1991-1994
Robert S. Barnett1994-1995
Johnny J. Butler1995-2003 Tom Ridge
Stephen Schmerin 2003–2008 Ed Rendell
Sandi Vito 2008–2011
Julia K. Hearthway2011–2015 Tom Corbett
Kathy Manderino 2015–2017 Tom Wolf
Jerry Oleksiak 2017-2020
Jennifer Berrier2020–2023
Nancy Walker2023–present Josh Shapiro

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References

  1. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "About Labor & Industry". pa.gov. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  2. "John Price Jackson". Department of Labor & Industry. Department of Labor & Industry. Retrieved 31 August 2020.