Trump orders all federal diversity, equity and inclusion employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Trump orders all federal diversity, equity and inclusion employees placed on paid leave starting Wednesday

U.S. President Donald Trump stands afer delivering remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt room at White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025.

Carlos Barria | Reuters

The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

The memo, issued Tuesday to heads of departments and agencies, sets a deadline of no later than 5 p.m. ET Wednesday to inform the employees that they will be put on paid administrative leave as the agencies prepare to close all DEI-related offices and programs and to remove all websites and social media accounts for such offices.

It also asks federal agencies to submit a written plan by Jan. 31 for dismissing the employees.

President Donald Trump 

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

 Monday 

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

 in federal agencies, with DEI offices and programs being ordered to shut down.

“President Trump campaigned on ending the scourge of DEI from our federal government and returning America to a merit based society where people are hired based on their skills, not for the color of their skin,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Tuesday night. “This is another win for Americans of all races, religions, and creeds. Promises made, promises kept.”

It was not clear how many employees would be affected. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump signed 

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Monday that addressed a number of campaign pledges, including ending 

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

 and 

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Tuesday, he signed an executive order that 

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

 at the Federal Aviation Administration, arguing that such initiatives penalized “hard-working Americans who want to serve in the FAA but are unable to do so, as they lack a requisite disability or skin color.”

Trump’s steps in the first days of his second administration continue efforts he made near the end of his first term. In 2020, he 

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

 prohibiting federal DEI programs. President Joe Biden countered that by 

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

 shortly after he took office in 2021.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

#Trump #orders #federal #diversity #equity #inclusion #employees #paid #leave #starting #Wednesday

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up