U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer<\/strong> is set to depart the Trump administration for a role in the private sector, the White House announced on Monday. Her departure comes after months of mounting complaints and an internal investigation into potential wrongdoing.<\/p>\n For months, complaints had accumulated against the head of the department responsible for overseeing labor laws and administering unemployment benefits. Chavez-DeRemer, 58, was reportedly subject to an internal investigation concerning potential wrongdoing.<\/p>\n The New York Post initially reported in January that the Labor Department’s inspector general, an independent lawyer, had initiated an investigation into Chavez-DeRemer for alleged workplace misconduct. According to the Post, the complaint against her alleged she consumed alcohol during work hours in her office and engaged in “travel fraud” by having staff arrange official work trips to desired personal destinations. She has consistently denied any allegations of wrongdoing.<\/strong><\/p>\n In a post on X, Chavez-DeRemer stated, “I am proud that we made significant progress in advancing President Trump’s mission to bridge the gap between business and labor and always put the American worker first.” Her departure was announced via a post on X on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung<\/strong> praised her “phenomenal job” as secretary, citing her work in “protecting American workers, enacting fair labor practices, and helping Americans gain additional skills to improve their lives.”<\/p>\n In her statement, Chavez-DeRemer highlighted her contributions to the Trump administration, which included preparing “workers to excel in the age of AI,” efforts to reduce drug costs, and promoting “retirement security.” She concluded, “Thank you, President Trump. While my time serving in the Administration comes to a conclusion, it doesn’t mean I will stop fighting for American workers.”<\/p>\n Deputy Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling<\/strong> will assume the role of acting secretary.<\/p>\n Chavez-DeRemer’s departure follows other recent changes in the Trump administration, including the removal of Pam Bondi from her Attorney General position in April and the firing of Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary who spearheaded his immigration initiatives, in March.<\/p>\n Her husband, Shawn DeRemer<\/strong>, an anesthesiologist and co-founder of an anesthesia management company and several medical clinics with his wife, was banned earlier this year from department headquarters in Washington. This followed reports from two female employees who alleged he had touched them inappropriately, sources told CBS News.<\/p>\n One of the women filed a police report in December; however, federal prosecutors opted not to pursue charges against DeRemer after reviewing evidence, including security camera footage, CBS reported. Lawyers representing Shawn DeRemer have denied these allegations. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro stated at the time that “there is no indication of a crime.”<\/p>\n Chavez-DeRemer previously served one term as a U.S. House representative from Oregon and was mayor of Happy Valley for eight years.<\/p>\n #LoriChavezDeRemer #USLaborSecretary #TrumpAdministration #LaborDepartment #WorkplaceMisconduct #PrivateSector #KeithSonderling #AmericanWorkers #GovernmentResignation #PoliticalNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U.S. Labor Secretary Departs Trump Administration U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is set to depart the Trump administration for a role in the private sector, the White House announced on Monday. Her departure comes after months of mounting complaints and an internal investigation into potential wrongdoing. Allegations and Denials For months, complaints had accumulated against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Allegations and Denials<\/h3>\n
Chavez-DeRemer’s Statement and White House Praise<\/h3>\n
Successor and Context of Departures<\/h3>\n
Allegations Against Husband<\/h3>\n
Background<\/h3>\n