About the Department
The Missouri Labor Department is comprised of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission and the following five divisions:
Contact
Director's Office
421 E. Dunklin St.
P.O. Box 504
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0504
Phone: 573-751-4091
Fax: 573-751-4135
[email protected]
Anna S. Hui, Acting Director
Photo by Susan Young
Governor Eric Greitens appointed Anna Hui as Director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations in March of 2017, making her the first Asian-American to serve in the governor’s cabinet in Missouri history. For over two decades, Anna has worked in numerous senior positions in both state and federal government.
Anna started her public service career working for Illinois Governor Jim Edgar as the Special Assistant to the Governor for Asian-American affairs and then for Governor George Ryan, as a senior-member of the Washington, D.C. policy management team.
In President George W. Bush's Administration, Anna served as Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor at the U.S. Department of Labor, where she coordinated major domestic and international programs and activities on labor and workforce safety and standards issue. In that position, Anna spearheaded efforts to encourage diversity and the inclusion of historically underserved communities in the Department’s programs and Federal government management.
After leaving federal service in 2009 and until she returned to Illinois in 2015, she was Chief of Staff to former U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao at the Heritage Foundation.
From 2015 to 2017, Anna served as Assistant Director and later as Acting Director of the Illinois Department of Labor. Across the Mississippi, she delivered results for workers and employers by enacting much-needed reforms, eliminating costly inefficacies, and modernizing services and technology. She’ll do the same, and more, in Missouri.
Anna received a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, a M.S.M. and a M.B.A. from the University of Maryland University College and B.S. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She currently lives with her family in Columbia.
Tammy Cavender, Deputy Director
The deputy director oversees and coordinates the efforts of the Department, including the Division of Employment Security, the Division of Workers’ Compensation, the Division of Labor Standards, the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, and the State Board of Mediation.