The US Treasury paid $98,650 last year to settle a discrimination claim against Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s former congressional office.
The payment was listed in the 2025 annual report from the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights and cites the section of the Congressional Accountability Act that prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. That portion of the law also forbids sexual harassment in the workplace and discrimination because of pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions.
The report doesn’t include any details about the allegations or the circumstances leading to the reimbursement but indicated that Chavez-DeRemer wasn’t personally responsible for any portion of the payment.
The Department of Labor didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Chavez-DeRemer served a single term in the House but lost her re-election campaign in 2024. Her last day in Congress was Jan. 3, 2025 and she was confirmed to be President Donald Trump’s labor secretary in March.
The secretary is currently facing an inspector general investigation into allegations that she had an inappropriate relationship with a staff member and committed travel fraud. The DOL has declined to comment on those allegations, saying it doesn’t speak on personnel matters.
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