← Chronicle · Departure · April 20, 2026

Lori Chavez-DeRemer Resigns as Secretary of Labor

Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned as Secretary of Labor on April 20, 2026, ending a tenure that had begun on March 11, 2025. The resignation came amid a Department of Labor inspector general investigation; Chavez-DeRemer denied wrongdoing.

Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling became acting secretary the same day — the start of the path that ran from acting secretary to his nomination on June 29, 2026 and his own confirmation that September (see the September 30, 2026 entry). The Labor mission — the workforce and wage-enforcement portfolio — passed to him on this date.

Sources: Banked research in this site’s files (research cluster A): Chavez-DeRemer, Labor, March 11, 2025–April 20, 2026, resigned amid a DOL IG investigation (denied wrongdoing); the April 20 date is the Department of Labor designation. Department of Labor.