Following the resignation of Marty Walsh as Secretary of Labor in March 2023, Julie Su, Deputy Secretary of Labor, since 2021 was appointed as Acting Secretary.  Nomination as Secretary was opposed although resulting in an 11-10 party line vote in her favor in the Senate Committee.  Some Democratic members of the Senate indicated opposition to her nomination placing it in jeopardy.

Prior to her current position Ms. Su was the Labor Secretary of California with prior direction of the Division of Labor Standard Enforcement under a previous California governor.

The renomination is occasioned by impending legislation that would limit the tenure of an Acting Secretary to 210 days or as long as a nomination is pending.  In contrast the Federal Vacancy Reform Act of 1998 allows the Deputy Labor Secretary to act as Secretary “until a successor is appointed”.