Indian-American Pronita Gupta Is Joe Biden's Special Assistant for Labor and Workers

Indian-American Pronita Gupta has been appointed as US President Joe Biden's Special Assistant for Labor and Workers on the Domestic Policy Council, a media release said. Prior to this, Gupta has worked as the Director of Job Quality Team at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).

Gupta also served at the US Department of Labor during the Obama-Biden administration. The labor policy expert is an "extraordinary leader who places people with low incomes and people of color at the core of her work and powerfully combines passion and vision with deep, detailed, practical knowledge," said Olivia Golden, executive director for the CLASP.

Pronita Gupta is expected to bring her deep knowledge related to advocating policies that would improve job quality for workers, strengthen worker protection, and increase economic security for working families with low incomes, the press release said. "I cannot think of anyone who could better serve President Biden and the nation in advancing this crucial agenda," Golden added.

According to the statement, at CLASP, Gupta "assembled a tremendously effective team that played a crucial role in building state and national momentum for paid family and medical leave and paid sick days, taking on everything from the details of financing and implementing effective programs to the broad vision, through testimony, speeches, detailed technical assistance, and powerful research reports and commentaries." Pronita Gupta had also served as Deputy Director for the Women's Bureau at the US Department of Labor from 2014 to 2017.

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