President-elect Donald Trump has nominated fast-food executive Andrew Puzder as labor secretary.

The wealthy business person Puzder heads CKE Restaurants Holdings, the parent company of Carl's Jr., Hardee's and other chains.

He also published a book called "Job Creation: How it Really Works and Why Government Doesn't Understand It" in 2010.

Puzder said he was honored "to help President-elect Trump restore America's global economic leadership."

President-elect Trump said in a statement, that, "Andy will fight to make American workers safer and more prosperous by enforcing fair occupational safety standards and ensuring workers receive the benefits they deserve, and he will save small businesses from the crushing burdens of unnecessary regulations that are stunting job growth and suppressing wages."

"We've reached the point where over regulation is doing meaningful damage to our businesses," he said last month at the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference in Las Vegas.

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