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The DOL was put in place as Public Law 426-62 by former president William Howard Taft on March 4, 1913. At that time, according to www.dol.gov, President Taft noted that the purpose of the DOL would "be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment" (2004). Since the DOL has been in existence, they have created many statutes that have been turned into Acts by congress. Some of the most important statutes in the DOL's history are th…