Labor department report alleges Lori Chavez-DeRemer also made a staffer attend a strip club while on a personal trip
Donald Trump’s former secretary of labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, drank during working hours, kept alcohol on federal property and made a staffer attend a strip club while on a personal trip, according to a new report by the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General .
Chavez-DeRemer was appointed by Trump to serve as labor secretary in January 2025 and resigned in April 2026 amid the misconduct allegations.
The 38-page report contains striking allegations that Chavez-DeRemer “engaged in an inappropriate relationship” with a bodyguard, accepted gifts without properly reporting them under ethics rules and directed employees to perform personal tasks for her, including going to her home to organize her bedroom closet during work hours.
The report also said she contributed to a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment.
Isn’t that every work environment in the US?
…no? That seems like a rather extreme generalization.
Probably, but some of the stories on the workreform forums are pretty horrifying, and nothing like anything I’ve ever encountered in Aus. And these were literally in my feed today https://aussie.zone/post/36295601 https://aussie.zone/post/36295906
You’ll find extremes everywhere. You’re literally talking about a community where those kinds of stories would collect. Have you seen any good workplace stories in there?