In this episode, Scott Hecker, Senior Counsel in the Labor and Employment department of Seyfarth’s Washington, DC office, discusses new Labor Secretary nominee, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

With the Democratic sweep of the Georgia runoff elections, and his election victory now certified by Congress, President-elect Joe Biden named Mayor Walsh as his nominee for Secretary of Labor. The next Labor Secretary may have an outsized role, especially early in a Biden-Harris Administration, with challenging issues like an the COVID-19 pandemic, high unemployment rates, a recession, a stagnant federal minimum wage, and morale erosion at the Department dominating his to-do list.