Ex-Labor Chief Acosta to Get In-Person Reception Jan. 7 From DOL

The U.S. Labor Department is hosting a reception this week to honor former Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, inviting Trump appointees to an in-person event during the pandemic.

Current and former DOL employees, including those who now live outside Washington, D.C., are invited to the event inside the agency’s Washington headquarters to view Acosta’s portrait unveiling, according to an invitation obtained by Bloomberg Law and confirmed by three invitees. Guests are asked—not ordered—to wear face-coverings “except when eating and drinking” and requested to “follow social distancing practices.”

Acosta resigned in 2019 amid public outcry over his handling of a decade-old ...