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Watchdog issues scathing report on Trump's former labor secretary
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An investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General said Chavez-DeRemer, who resigned in April, regularly drank alcohol during the workday, failed to properly report expensive gifts she had received and had an “inappropriately close and unprofessional relationship” with a member o…
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According to a new report from the department’s Office of Inspector General, former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy, according to a new report from the department’s Office of Inspector General.
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated multiple department policies under her tenure, including by creating a hostile work environment, using government funds for personal travel and having an inappropriate relationship with an employee, according to a department watchdog.
A new watchdog report concludes that former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy
A new watchdog report says that former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy.
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated department policy by drinking alcohol at the office and telling her staff to perform personal tasks for her, an independent Labor Department investigation found.
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy, according to a new report from the department’s Office of Inspector General.
A new report from Labor Department's Office of Inspector General includes allegations that former Secretary Chavez-DeRemer "engaged in an inappropriate relationship" with a member of her security detail, and violated travel regulations and the department's alcohol policies.
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is guilty of inappropriate conduct during her roughly one-year tenure in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, the department’s watchdog concluded. Chavez-DeRemer had an “inappropriately close and unprofessional relationship” with someone on her security detail…
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer misused public funds, fostered a hostile work environment and carried out an inappropriate relationship while in President Donald Trump's Cabinet, a federal watchdog report said
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 …
Lori Chavez-DeRemer had an inappropriate relationship with a member of her security detail and spent government funds on personal travel, an internal watchdog finds.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) -- A former Labor Secretary with ties to Oregon is under fire from the Labor Department's internal watchdog. A new 40-page report says Lori Chavez-Deremer spent public money on personal travel and tolerated harassment.
NEW YORK — Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment and engaged in violations of department policy, according to a new report from the department’s Office of Inspector General.
An investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General said Chavez-DeRemer, who resigned in April, regularly drank alcohol during the workday, failed to properly report expensive gifts she had received and had an “inappropriately close and unprofessional relationship” with a member o…
NEW YORK -- Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a "toxic, intimidating and humiliating" work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy, according to a new report from the department's Office of Inspector General.
