Scalia Enters as Labor Chief to Solidify Trump Agenda

Eugene Scalia‘s ascension to labor secretary relatively late in President Donald Trump‘s first term—with a full regulatory slate awaiting completion—means the veteran labor lawyer will have limited bandwidth to develop a workplace policy agenda of his own.

Scalia is tasked with putting the finishing touches on a slew of rulemakings that were established long before Trump in July announced him as the pick to helm the Labor Department. The goal is to get those agenda items finalized and in effect before the 2020 election. However, a Trump win at the ballot box would then give Scalia more time ...