By Ben Penn, Bloomberg BNA, and Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg News
The Labor Department has installed Bryan Jarrett from management firm Morgan Lewis as acting administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, according to an internal DOL email obtained by Bloomberg News.
Jarrett, who practiced labor and employment law in Morgan Lewis’s Orange County, California, office, will remain at the WHD as deputy administrator following the confirmation of a permanent new division head, the email states.
The move allows for a GOP-appointed official to immediately preside over the critical agency, while President Donald Trump’s nominee for the post, Cheryl Stanton, awaits ...
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