Fast-food executive and attorney Andrew Puzder, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Labor Department, is a sharp critic of Obama administration regulations whose appointment could roll back efforts to expand corporate liability and raise worker wages.
Puzder, chief executive of CKE Restaurants Inc., a privately held company that owns Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, has spoken out against Obama administration’s updated overtime rules and efforts to raise the minimum wage. He also has criticized the new joint-employer standard, which broadened the scope of labor liability for companies closely associated.
