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04/12/2021 10:00 AM EDT
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On April 9, 2021, President Biden nominated Doug Parker to lead the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Mr. Parker has served as chief of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) since September 2019. Prior to that, he served for three years as the director of Worksafe: Safety Health & Justice for Workers, a California-based, nonprofit advocacy organization. He also served in the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration under President Obama. Prior to his service in government, Mr. Parker practiced law in private practice and as a staff attorney for the United Mineworkers of America.
Biden to Nominate Cal/OSHA Chief Doug Parker to Lead OSHA, Washington, DC — President Joe Biden intends to nominate Doug Parker as the head of OSHA, ..
The White House on Friday said President Biden
Parker’s nomination comes as OSHA finds itself in the middle of the debate over whether the White House should issue an emergency temporary standard for workplace protections against the coronavirus.
Biden had initially given his Labor Department a March 15 deadline to determine if such a standard was needed, but Labor Secretary Marty Walsh
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Before leading California s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Parker worked at the Mine Safety and Health Administration during the Obama administration. Before joining the government, Parker was a partner at the law firm Mooney, Green, Saindon, Murphy and Welch, in Washington.
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