Biden Labor Policy Goals Slowed by Some Key Agency Vacancies (2)

The U.S. Department of Labor enters the Biden administration’s second calendar year with several vacancies in its leadership ranks and an intensifying confirmation battle over the pick to be the nation’s top wage-hour regulator.

Five members of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh‘s high command were confirmed last year, in addition to an independent inspector general, but seven Senate-confirmed positions remain vacant, including posts leading crucial enforcement agencies.

Nominations are pending in the Senate for all but one of those posts, raising the possibility that Walsh’s leadership team could be almost fully complete in coming months. But Senate confirmations are almost ...