U.S. Labor Department leaders have turned down an independent federal agency’s request to stall the forced transfer of a chief litigator until after Inauguration Day, a move that allows Trump’s labor secretary to cement the ouster of an Obama-era enforcer.
DOL has given its top West Coast legal official Janet Herold a 10-day extension—from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7—to decide whether to accept her reassignment to a non-legal post in Chicago or be terminated, a spokeswoman for her told Bloomberg Law. That extension came in response to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel’s request for a 60-day delay.
The OSC ...