Labor Secretary
Noun
Meaning
the position of the head of the Department of Labor
the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor
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Examples
the post of Labor Secretary was created in 1913
the first Labor Secretary was William B. Wilson who was appointed by President Wilson
A Justice Department report has found that former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta exercised “poor judgment” in handling an investigation into wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was a top federal prosecutor in Florida.
“As we are nearing the end of a definitively turbulent year, it’s truly great news to see our unemployment rate drop below 5%,” Alabama Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington said.
At least 6,000 jobs in business process outsourcing (BPO) companies will put a “silver lining on job opportunities” amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) health crisis affecting the country’s workforce, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.
“EDD was woefully unprepared for the unparalleled demands created by COVID-19,” state Labor Secretary Julie A. Su said last week.