Labor Dept. Plans Memo to Rein In Field Offices

The Labor Department’s new chief legal officer recently informed the business community that she is directing field offices to enforce and interpret the law in a way that’s consistent with Trump administration policy, three sources told Bloomberg Law.

DOL Solicitor Kate O’Scannlain in a closed-door U.S. Chamber of Commerce meeting on Friday told the crowd that she plans to soon send an enforcement and interpretation memo to field offices. O’Scannlain divulged the plan in response to an audience member complaint about inconsistent wage-and-hour and federal contracting enforcement across the country.

Her comments came during what was otherwise a restrained keynote ...