01/21/2025 - Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff to be put on leave
01/21/2025 - Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff to be put on leave
apnews.com Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave
Trump has called the diversity and inclusion programs “discrimination” and insisted on restoring strictly “merit-based” hiring.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24566262
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo Tuesday from the Office of Personnel Management.
