He'll be sworn in tonight.
Yesterday the U.S. Senate voted 68-29 to confirm (former) Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be Secretary of Labor. Last night, Mr. Walsh resigned as Mayor of Boston...
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Marty moves ahead!
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 18-4 yesterday to send the nomination of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to the full Senate, where he is expected to be confirmed...more
And more!
It's been another busy week at Chez Biden. I will dive right in.
NLRB Acting General Counsel Peter Ohr withdraws 12 memos by former GC Peter Robb. Of course, the withdrawn General Counsel memoranda were relatively...more
The times, they are a-changin'.
My colleague Frank Shuster pointed out earlier this week that a Biden Administration is likely to be very pro-employee and aggressive in enforcing federal labor and employment laws --...more
On a party-line vote.
Yesterday afternoon, the Senate confirmed Eugene Scalia as the new Secretary of Labor, replacing Alexander Acosta, who resigned in July because of his role in a Jeffrey Epstein federal plea deal....more
He's a talented guy. He hardly said a thing.
The confirmation hearing for President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor, Eugene Scalia, took place yesterday.
The nominee did a good job -- I'm not sure he answered a...more
That article he wrote on sexual harassment was fine.
Yesterday, Politico had a post about a law review article written in 1998 by Eugene Scalia, President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Labor. The article had the dramatic...more
This just in, from The New York Times.
I just got a notification that President Trump will nominate Eugene Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be Secretary of Labor....more
Two big developments of interest to employers:
The Senate Heath, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved the nomination of Alex Acosta, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, in a 12-11 straight...more
Two Trumpian developments of interest to employers will occur on March 15, next Wednesday:
Alex Acosta’s confirmation hearing is scheduled to take place that day. Mr. Acosta is President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of...more
The employment law week in Trumpland started out a little slow, but now we’re back in business.
Acosta looking good for confirmation as Secretary of Labor. In contrast to nominee Andrew Puzder, the outlook appears good for...more
President Trump’s new nominee for Secretary of Labor is R. Alexander Acosta, dean of the law school of Florida International University in Miami. Before he became a law school dean, Mr. Acosta’s experience included heading...more
Bloomberg BNA reports this afternoon that Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, IS going to withdraw from consideration. Please stay tuned! UPDATE (4:12 p.m. EST): It’s now official....more
The confirmation hearing for Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, is supposed to take place tomorrow. While we wait to see what happens, I thought it might be fun to open a comment thread so we can...more
Yesterday, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the Trump Administration’s motion to stay the temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge in Seattle. This means that the TRO, which...more
The confirmation hearing for Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, has been postponed yet again – now it’s scheduled for Tuesday, February 7. According to the Washington Post, Mr. Puzder has...more
We’ll try to keep you up to date with the latest labor and employment law news from the Trump Administration via a series of mini-posts as news develops.
According to Politico‘s Morning Shift, “President Trump ordered...more
Judge Amos Mazzant, who preliminarily enjoined the U.S. Department of Labor overtime exemption rule in November, has now refused to stay (postpone) further proceedings in the case....more
The Senate confirmation hearing for Andrew Puzder, President-Elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, will reportedly take place this Wednesday, January 12. Mr. Puzder’s nomination is vigorously opposed by employee...more
Sources within President-Elect Donald Trump’s transition team said today that Mr. Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor would be Andy Puzder, Chief Executive Officer of CKE Restaurants, Inc., which includes Hardee’s and...more
Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez announced today that the U.S. Department of Labor has submitted a proposed rule on the white-collar FLSA overtime exemptions to the federal Office of Management and Budget, which means that the...more