The UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) is an interdisciplinary research unit within the College of Letters & Science, Division of Social Science, dedicated to research, teaching, and discussion of labor and employment issues. It was founded in 1945 as the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations. It is part of a network of research programs in the University of California system including the UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, the UC Merced Community and Labor Center, and research units on six other campuses. The IRLE is home to the UCLA Labor Center, the Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (LOSH), the Human Resources Round Table, and other research programs. The IRLE also supports the UCLA Labor Studies undergraduate program.