Labor Secretary Reassigns Lawyer Accusing Him of Retaliation (1)

Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia has approved the involuntary reassignment of his agency’s top West Coast attorney three weeks after she filed a whistleblower complaint accusing Scalia of retaliation, three sources with direct knowledge told Bloomberg Law.

Janet Herold, the Labor Department’s regional solicitor based in Los Angeles who’s accused Scalia of improperly meddling in a high-profile pay bias lawsuit against Oracle Corp., received the formal notice Aug. 28. This gives her 60 days to accept a post running the Chicago office of DOL’s workplace safety agency or face termination, said the sources, who were given anonymity to discuss sensitive internal ...