U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gestures as Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, departs after their meeting at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar
(Reuters) - Fast-food executive Andrew Puzder, nominated to head the U.S. Department of Labor by President-elect Donald Trump, lays out a free-market formula for low regulation and taxes in his book, "Job Creation: How It Really Works and Why Government Doesn't Understand It."
The nomination of Puzder, chief executive of Carl's Jr. hamburger chain owner CKE Restaurants, drew criticism from labour advocates worried about his opposition to a higher minimum wage and government regulation of the workplace.
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