Punching In: DOL’s Su to Get Panel Vote Fresh Off Her Hearing

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

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Diego Areas Munhoz: Labor secretary nominee Julie Su will face her first vote April 26 by members of the Senate’s labor panel.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will consider Su’s nomination less than a week after she was grilled by Republicans over her handling of independent contractors and unemployment insurance fraud during her tenure as California’s labor chief.

But the committee’s vote should be predictable compared to what could transpire if her nomination goes to the floor. The panel’s Democrats, who hold a one-vote advantage, ...