Key Labor Department Officials Sworn in After Shutdown Delay

Seven Trump-appointed agency leaders were sworn in at the Labor Department, nearly a month after being confirmed by the Senate.

Agency heads for the Wage and Hour Division, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Employee Benefits Security Administration joined the department, the DOL announced Wednesday.

Andrew Rogers, former chief counsel at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission joined as head of the WHD. David Keeling and Wayne Palmer will take over OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration respectively. Those three, along with Julie Hocker for the Office of Disability Employment Policy, Jonathan Berry for the solicitor’s office, ...