The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is responsible for enforcing some of the nation's most comprehensive federal labor laws on topics including the minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, child labor, family and medical leave, migrant and seasonal worker protections, lie detector tests, worker protections in certain temporary guest worker programs, and the prevailing wages for government-funded service and construction contracts. Collectively, these laws cover most private, state, and local government employment, and protect over 143 million workers in more than 9.8 million establishments nationwide. WHD is committed to ensuring that workers in this country are paid properly and for all the hours they work, regardless of immigration status.