Monday morning musings for workplace watchers
Penn Punches Out
Editor’s Note: After nearly a decade reporting on labor and employment issues, Ben Penn is starting a new job for Bloomberg Law, covering the Department of Justice. Ben has anchored “Punching In” since its inception, and his dogged reporting has been an essential part of our overall coverage. We’re excited to see him break news on the DOJ beat.
Rebecca Rainey joins Bloomberg Law today as our senior reporter covering the Department of Labor. Reach her at [email protected].
Ben has done an immense amount of reporting for “Punching In” over the years, so we wanted to give him a chance to share his thoughts as he punches out.
Ben Penn: From the start, my contributions to this column have been only as good as the sources I’ve relied on for information. Fittingly, my swan song reflects interviews with more than two dozen of the most influential people shaping workplace policy inside and outside the Biden administration.
I was struck by how these well-connected individuals often answered my questions with ones of their own.
The takeaway: The Department of Labor has made progress on numerous fronts in 2021, yet enters the Biden administration’s second year without a defined identity or clear authorities among senior leadership. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and his team are still working to establish a detailed, forward-looking agenda to execute President Joe Biden‘s goals of improving workers’ lives while...
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