THE GUARDIAN: Staff placed on paid administrative leave as president repeals executive orders promoting LGBTQ equality
US federal employees working in diversity offices must be put on paid leave by Wednesday evening as the new administration of Donald Trump has ordered the programmes to close, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has confirmed.
“Send a notification to all employees of DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility) offices that they are being placed on paid administrative leave effective immediately as the agency takes steps to close/end all DEIA initiatives, offices and programs,” said a US office of personnel management memo posted on X.
The memo, confirmed by Leavitt, directed all department and agency heads to send workers notice by 5pm on Wednesday.
On Monday, the first day of his second term as president, Trump repealed numerous executive orders promoting LGBTQ+ equality, and issued new ones decreeing only two genders and ending government diversity programmes. » | Agence France-Presse in Washington | Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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