Bloomberg Law
Oct. 5, 2017, 6:21 PM UTC

Morgan Lewis Attorney Named Acting Head of Wage Hour Division

Bloomberg Law - Staff Reports

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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