Bureau of Labor Standards

This article is about the historical U.S. agency. For the Japanese agency, see Labour Standards Bureau. For the unrelated current U.S. agency, see Office of Labor-Management Standards.

The Bureau of Labor Standards was an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor from 1934 until 1971. It was the direct predecessor of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The unit was formed as the Division of Labor Standards in November 1934, and renamed the Bureau of Labor Standards in 1948.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Records of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration [OSHA]". National Archives. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
  2. ^ Goldberg and Moye, p. 170 and 201