President Donald Trump's soon-to-be labor secretary will likely need to balance her extensive labor record, which earned her support from some Democrats and unions, with a more traditional Republican approach toward wage and hour issues, employment law observers say.
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However, Jason Reisman of management-side firm Blank Rome LLP said the balancing act will be with the administration.
"Her background is so tied in to the labor side, and the Trump administration is certainly courting organized labor, but I still don't think they're going to give organized labor priority over the employer community," he said.
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It's also possible that Keith Sonderling, the deputy labor secretary nominee, would step in on wage and hour issues. He served as acting and deputy Wage and Hour Division administrator during the first Trump administration.
"Having Keith by her side is maybe the Robin to her Batman," said Blank Rome's Reisman, who also is president of the Wage and Hour Defense Institute, a network of wage and hour defense attorneys.
It is ultimately the Trump administration's stance on wage issues, not Chavez-DeRemer's, that matters, Reisman said.
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" Incoming Labor Sec. Must Walk 'Fine Line' On Wage Policies," by Max Kutner was published in Law360 Employment Authority on March 11, 2025.
