Volz Appointed MN DL&I Commissioner

Minnesota Governor-elect, Tim Pawlenty, has named private attorney Jane Volz as Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry, which handles workers compensation claims and workplace safety matters. Volz, 42, has focused her legal career on labor and employment law. Though she has done work for some of the state's biggest contractors, she doesn't anticipate any conflicts of interest. She said she will leave the law firm she founded to take the new job.The Department of Labor and Industry has a two-year, $228 million dollar budget and employs nearly 400 people. Volz has degrees from th...