The Department of Labor Standards (DLS) promotes and protects workers' safety/health, wages, and working conditions, and supports the use of apprenticeship as a tool for workforce development.
Who we serve
The Department of Labor Standards (DLS) serves employers, employees, apprentices, students in areas such as public employee safety, lead, asbestos, employment agencies, minimum wage, and prevailing wage.
Please be advised that as of January 1, 2022, DLS will be processing all Minimum Wage Waivers only electronically.
What would you like to do?
Prevailing wage program
Minimum Wage Program
How to apply for asbestos, deleading, or lead-safe renovation licenses
- Deleading and Lead Safety Program
- Asbestos Safety Program
- Employment, Placement, & Staffing Agencies Program
- Professional Employer Organization Program (PEO)
- Workplace Safety and Health Program (WSHP)
- DLS online payment
- On-site consultation program
- Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Program
- Mine Safety and Health Program
- DLS Collective Bargaining Agreement Submittal Form
- DLS Multilingual Services
- Department of Labor Standards regulations quicklinks
- Department of Labor Standards public records request form
News and Announcements
Featured resources
Related organizations
- Division of Apprentice Standards
- Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
- Department of Unemployment Assistance
- MassHire Department of Career Services
- Department of Industrial Accidents
- The Council on the Underground Economy (CUE)
- Office of Multilingual Services
- Department of Labor Relations
- Department of Family and Medical Leave