29 U.S.C. § 625: Administration

Summary

The Secretary must be able to hire staff, delegate tasks, and pay for outside technical help to carry out duties under this chapter. The Secretary must also work with regional, State, local, and other agencies and provide help to employers, unions, and employment agencies to carry out the chapter’s goals.

Title 29, §625

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The Secretary shall have the power—

(a)Delegation of functions; appointment of personnel; technical assistance

to make delegations, to appoint such agents and employees, and to pay for technical assistance on a fee for service basis, as he deems necessary to assist him in the performance of his functions under this chapter;

(b)Cooperation with other agencies, employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies

to cooperate with regional, State, local, and other agencies, and to cooperate with and furnish technical assistance to employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies to aid in effectuating the purposes of this chapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions relating to age discrimination administration and

Enforcement

vested by this section in Secretary of Labor or Civil Service Commission transferred to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1978, § 2, 43 F.R. 19807, 92 Stat. 3781, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section 1–101 of Ex. Ord. No. 12106, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1053.

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