As Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI), I extend my deepest gratitude to our exceptional DOLI team and to the citizens of the Commonwealth for entrusting me with this important responsibility. Our mission is to make Virginia a better place in which to live, work, and conduct business. Together, we have advanced this mission and delivered real results.

At the beginning of my term, I worked with my executive leadership team to create and implement our Top Five, a core set of initiatives, which have been a strategic investment in our people and infrastructure. Throughout DOLI, these initiatives set our focus on enhancing stakeholder engagement, addressing organizational capabilities, and modernizing our systems and processes. We also established our Values-in-Action which define how we achieve our results. All of this works to address culture and appropriately shifted DOLI’s focus to how we drive a collective benefit for all Virginians. Finally, we realigned teams to serve stakeholders more effectively and these enhancements have strengthened our organizational capabilities, elevated our engagement with workers and employers, and bolstered Virginia’s economy. Through improved processes, modernized systems, and targeted technology upgrades, we built a cohesive, future-ready agency.

As a regulatory agency working to strengthen Virginia, clarity of regulations and strong guidance matter to all. In this report, I am pleased to share that DOLI reduced its regulatory requirements by 43%. As a result, Governor Glenn Youngkin recognized DOLI’s commitment to streamline regulatory guidance and our work to assure Virginia has current and contemporary requirements that protect both our workforce and the public.

Additional highlights I am pleased to share:

• Engagement and support of the Hampton Roads Human Trafficking Task Force and the results achieved
• Launch of the VOSH Institute of Learning and Outreach (VILO)
• The first VOSH Alliance with the Washington DC Chapter of the National Electric Contractors Association (DC NECA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW/Local 26)
• Launch of the What IF? Program promoting injury free careers across Virginia
• Direct access to permits for youth employment and for asbestos and lead abatement activities through the implementation of electronic portals

It is an honor to share this annual report with you. I am immensely proud of what our team has accomplished. I remain confident that DOLI, using our Values-in-Action and the investment in leadership, will continue to build upon these successes and uphold Virginia’s standing as a national leader for Virginia’s workforce, business community, and the public.

Gary G. Pan
Commissioner