Agency: Office of the Secretary, Wage and Hour Division
Date: April 29, 2019
Release Number: 19-0750-NAT
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced Cheryl Marie Stanton was sworn-in as the Administrator of the Department’s Wage and Hour Division.
“I welcome and congratulate Cheryl Stanton as she officially assumes the position of Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta. “Cheryl brings with her a distinguished career including prior public service as Executive Director of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce.”
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) … administers and enforces the prevailing wage requirements of the Davis Bacon Act and the Service Contract Act and other statutes applicable to Federal contracts for construction and for the provision of goods and services.
Stanton was nominated by President Trump on September 2, 2017, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 10, 2019.