Trump Administration Labor Department

At least three formal Equal Employment Opportunity complaints have been filed against Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer alleging she fostered a toxic, retaliatory workplace and targeted women who reported her husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, for alleged sexual misconduct in Labor Department offices late last year, according to sources familiar with the filings. Two young female staffers say Shawn DeRemer subjected them to unwanted sexual touching at department facilities, with one incident reported to D.C. police in December and at least one episode partially corroborated by office security footage, though the Metropolitan Police Department ultimately closed its probe finding no crime while the husband remains banned from the agency. The complaints also accuse the secretary of directing subordinates to perform personal tasks, such as cleaning out one of her clothing closets, and add to an ongoing Department of Labor Inspector General investigation into Chavez-DeRemer’s conduct and that of senior aides. Earlier reporting has detailed separate allegations that she abused her position through an "inappropriate" relationship with a subordinate, drinking in the office during work hours, and possible travel fraud, all of which she and her spokesperson have previously denied as baseless. The expanding set of internal and external probes, plus fresh discrimination claims, raise new questions about Chavez-DeRemer’s future in President Trump’s cabinet and feed broader public concern online about harassment, favoritism and retaliation inside federal workplaces.