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HRD-84-85 1 (1984-08-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnme0001 and id is 1 raw text is: K UNITED STATES GENERAL ACOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN mtsOUptets August 21, 1984 DIVISION B-215918 The Honorable Stephen J. Solarz fU D House of Representatives 125197 Dear Mr. Solarz: Subject: Closing the Department of Labor's Brooklyn Wage and Hour Area Office (GAO/HRD-84-85) This is in response to your January 24, 1984, letter requesting us to determine what effect closing the Department of Labor's Brooklyn Wage and Hour Area Office will have on worker protection in the boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Is- land (Brooklyn Catchment Area) in New York City. You pdinted out that Labor had justified closing the office, which is part of Labor's Employment Standards Administration (ESA), on the basis of cost savings and had maintained that this action would not result in a reduction in worker protection. The ESA New York regional administrator, in a September 30, 1983, letter, advised you that Labor would save about $99,000 annually in per- sonnel and space and equipment rental costs. In a February 13, 1984, meeting, we agreed with your office to develop information relating to Labor's estimated cost savings and its plans for providing enforcement coverage for the Brooklyn Catchment Area. We also agreed to provide information on the number of workers who visited the Brooklyn office to file complaints (walk-ins). ESA's Wage and Hour Division is responsible for administer- ing and enforcing various labor acts. The division investi- gates firms subject to the acts to determine compliance and has the authority to investigate and gather data on wages, hours, and other employment conditions or practices. ESA has 10 regional offices nationwide that include wage and hour area offices and field stations. ESA's New York Regional Office included nine wage and hour area offices--six in New York State, two in New Jersey, and one in Puerto Rico. Besides Brooklyn, New York area offices were located in Man- hattan, the Bronx, Hempstead, Buffalo, and Albany. The Brooklyn office was closed in February 1984. However, according to an ESA official, ESA had not, as of July 1984, decided to release its Brooklyn office space. C3SV3138 ': .ers| (118102) nREHA....

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