{"id":132200,"date":"2016-12-10T10:51:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/10\/because-theres-more-to-labor-law-than-minimum-wage.html"},"modified":"2016-12-11T01:11:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T08:11:49","slug":"because-theres-more-to-labor-law-than-minimum-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/10\/because-theres-more-to-labor-law-than-minimum-wage.html","title":{"rendered":"Because there&#039;s more to labor law than Minimum Wage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#39;s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder, has had most of the critical focus on him as an opponent of increasing the minimum wage (though his opinions on it are a scosh more nuanced than that), but the Department of Labor does more than just make sure people get paid. It oversees workplace safety laws, and it enforces workplace discrimination laws.<\/p>\n<p>I like Carl&#39;s, Jr. food, but it&#39;s never had a significant presence in Colorado, so we&#39;ve missed out on the &quot;bikinis and dribbling sauces&quot; string of commercials for a brand that Puzder &#8212; as CEO of the parent company CKE &#8212; says took on his &quot;personality.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Question: if you were a woman needing to issue a complaint about sex discrimination &#8212; harassment, wage disparity, whatever &#8212; on the job, would you feel like the new Labor pick&#39;s &quot;personality&quot; would be supportive of you, or more interested in supporting the &quot;hungry guys&quot; at the factory?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/xx_factor\/2016\/12\/09\/trump_s_labor_secretary_pick_is_a_gross_misogynist_really_into_hot_women.html'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/LSj5EZGYriesp24yXTtnaaoLyWqU_vf_-915M5N4gTKS7UgShiiIHQpJDr3SAqvCVG1LJQagdlENoM2N-9CUVjYEzG3TNK_w46ZY14LglSmOoZBhlT8y0NYoRhVFCvYw5TLMMeejiZ-f8B5JthQzS5yn7dZnchbiiX3B_T3JRPMCQZWfef-jV09fnMcpwp2jV14ZqYg94ktwMwfxRT9rfEM58ubz07gWHpQ0ogjSuA_Cs8glp8XOn_lfRwRryPzS1gs0IX_c-nfRwm4OSfPrWX_0RTArExFaZNp6w50hs37JbLaBKQ=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/xx_factor\/2016\/12\/09\/trump_s_labor_secretary_pick_is_a_gross_misogynist_really_into_hot_women.html'>Trump&rsquo;s Labor Secretary Pick Is a Gross Misogynist, Really Into Hot Women in Bikinis<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nCarl&#8217;s Jr. commercials are the worst. Andrew Puzder say they&#8217;re a reflection of his &#8220;personality.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/2gJfjkRBvzG'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#39;s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Andrew Puzder, has had most of the critical focus on him as an opponent of increasing the minimum wage (though his opinions on it are a scosh more nuanced than that), but the Department of Labor does more than just make sure people get paid. It oversees workplace safety &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/10\/because-theres-more-to-labor-law-than-minimum-wage.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Because there&#039;s more to labor law than Minimum 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