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Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

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Chris Opfer: New Equal Employment Opportunity Commission General Counsel Sharon Gustafson starts her first full week on the job today.

Gustafson, who was sworn in last Wednesday, has spent much of the last two decades representing workers accusing their employers of workplace bias. She may not bring the carrots over sticks, compliance-based approach to the EEOC that the business community and others typically expect from a Republican general counsel.

“I think of my work as having been retail, street-level ...