Punching In: Trump Can Fill Key Labor Posts With 11th-Hour Hires

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

DOL Career Vacancies | Long-ago NLRB Memo | Biden’s OSHA Staffing

Ben Penn: Speculation about President-elect Joe Biden‘s pending announcement of Cabinet and sub-Cabinet picks is overshadowing the reality that the Trump administration has a chance to make a handful of important career moves at the U.S. Labor Department.

As the Biden transition begins to roll out its first Cabinet picks this week, it’s easy to lose sight of the series of vacancies in the senior executive service ranks at DOL, positions that have enormous day-to-day influence in implementing policy. Trump could ...