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It had all the early earmarks of the classic four-part political “trial balloon.”
First, the rumors began to swirl (two weeks ago) that the US DOL Transition Team had selected a candidate to be the next OFCCP Director.
Second, early last week, the rumors named Jenny Rae Yang as that candidate, but with uncertainty: A Member of the US DOL Transition Team and a well-known civil rights advocate and former Commissioner (appointed on August 2, 2012: President Barack Obama), and then Vice-Chair in 2014, then Chair of the EEOC from September 1, 2014 until January 25, 2017 (departed with the arrival of the Trump Administration). In 2016, Ms. Yang also announced, championed and ushered in the EEOC’s Component 2 “hours worked” and “pay data” collection from employers. Sterling credentials to be sure as the OFCCP is slated to be “Ground Zero” in the Biden Administration’s enforcement of employment discrimination based on race, sex and ethnicity.