Solis Responds to GAO Critique of DOL’s Wage & Hour Enforcement
If you missed it, the Government Accountability Office issued a report of its investigation into the Department of Labor’s enforcement of wage and hour laws (that’s overtime and minimum wage stuff, mostly). It was not complimentary.
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis has responded. Full text of the press release inside.
Senate Confirms Solis as Labor Secretary
After weeks of delay that had very little to do with her, and very much to do with Politics (capital P), the Senate finally approved Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor.
Her pro-union stances and affiliations had become a lightning rod for Republicans hoping to land the first blow in the battle over broad revisions to the National Labor Relations Act.
Politico: GOP May Try to Block Solis Appointment
Politico is reporting that some Republican Senators may be campaigning to block the approval of Secretary of Labor nominee Hilda Solis over evasive answers in her confirmation hearing.
But with her confirmation a near-certainty, the GOP’s move is a statement in itself, intended not for Solis but her soon-to-be boss.