Lawyer Fired Amid Oracle Pay Case Reinstated by Biden DOL (1)

The U.S. Labor Department has reinstated Janet Herold as its Western region’s chief legal officer, following her termination in the final weeks of the Trump administration, according to an internal email obtained by Bloomberg Law.

Herold’s return as regional solicitor comes after she filed a whistleblower complaint against Trump Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, claiming he had reassigned her to a non-legal post in retaliation for her opposing his alleged involvement in a high-profile pay discrimination lawsuit against Oracle Corp.

When she refused the involuntary transfer to a Midwest occupational safety office, Scalia fired her effective Jan. 11.

Herold, a ...