The Workforce Regulation and Safety Division enforces trade licensing laws and operates programs to ensure the safety of tradespersons, their work sites and their work products.

These include:

• Professional Regulation, which oversees trade licensing, prevailing wage and RI apprenticeship programs;
  
  
• Occupational Safety, which enforces health and safety standards in public buildings and municipal educational facilities; and
  
  
• Labor Standards, which investigates wage complaints and hiring violations.