WorkforceJulie Su has been a foe of business throughout her public service career, with a tendency to over-regulate, said the International Franchise Association.
The franchising community is blasting the Biden administration for nominating Julie Su to succeed Marty Walsh as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, citing her strong advocacy of California’s controversial Fast Act and other measures seen as anti-business.
While serving as secretary of the California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Su drew sharp criticism from a broad front for her handling of the state’s unemployment insurance program early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Critics say more than a million displaced workers had to wait unduly long for aid while an estimated $31 billion in relief funds were misdirected to undeserving recipients like prison inmates.
The International Franchise Association also voiced concerns about what it characterizes as a tendency of Su, currently a deputy secretary of Labor, to seek more regulation and litigation instead of focusing on the enforcement of current rules.
“Deputy Secretary Su has been consistently hostile to small businesses throughout her career,” Michael Layman, SVP of government relations and public affairs for the IFA, said in a statement. “Based on her record, she does not deserve a promotion from a largely operations role to the principal policymaker at the department.”
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