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White House orders government DEI employees to be placed on leave

 

CNN

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Employees in any federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices will be placed on paid administrative leave โ€œeffective immediately,โ€ according to a post from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

 

Slashing jobs in federal DEI positions is one move in a series of actions taken by the new administration, after Donald Trump promised to wage a war against such programs and take on the practice on Day 1. Trump has already cut high-profile military personnel and ended the use of DEI in hiring and federal contracting. Some major companies have taken similar measures as they face pressure from conservative critics and customers.

 

A memo issued by the US Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday instructed agencies to notify DEI staffers โ€œno later than 5:00pm EST on Wednesdayโ€ that they were being placed on administrative leave effective immediately as โ€œthe agency takes steps to close/end all DEIA initiatives, offices and programs.โ€

 

The memo also directs agencies to remove the officesโ€™ websites and social media accounts and to cancel any DEI-related trainings.

 

CBS News first reported the memo.

 

The move comes just one day after Trump signed an executive order banning DEI programs. On a briefing call with reporters Monday, an official pledged the executive order would โ€œdismantle the DEI bureaucracy, and this includes environmental justice programs, equity related grants, equity action plan, equity initiatives.โ€

 

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/white-house-government-dei-employees-on-leave/index.html