President-elect Donald Trump has announced his intention to nominate Andrew Puzder, Chief Executive Officer of CKE Holdings, the parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, to head the U.S. Department of Labor.

Puzder has criticized state and local minimum wage increases, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and government overregulation, among other things.

If Puzder is

Our colleagues at Jackson Lewis’ OSHA Law Blog recently reported that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor (DOL) and the NLRB had entered into an agreement whereby OSHA would notify complainants who file untimely OSHA retaliation charges of their right to file an unfair labor practice charge with the NLRB.