Politically motivated witch hunt for Civil Rights related federal jobs is apparently resulting in forced paid leave for those suspected of being involved with ensuring equal rights in workplaces.
Government Executives – Trump administration to lay off all federal employees in DEI offices – The president has called on federal agencies to immediately cease all DEI-related activities. – January 22, 2025 12:06 PM ET Agencies on Wednesday will also notify relevant staff of their administrative leave status leave. According to a sample letter drafted by OPM, agencies will tell employees their programs “divided Americans by race, wasted taxpayer dollars and resulted in shameful discrimination.” They will be encouraged to report any efforts since the election to obscure DEI efforts with a threat that a failure to report such actions within 10 days could result in discipline. In preparation for the directive, OPM took steps on this week to reverse President Biden-era rules that limited the use of administrative leave. Those facing administrative leave will receive notification that they will still receive their full salary and benefits while in that status, they are not expected to work or come into the office and their email will be suspended. (…) Separately, OPM is also asking agencies to deliver lists of every employee hired recently and are therefore still in their probationary period. Those employees can be fired easily without normal civil service hurdles, opening the possibility that the Trump administration is going to dismiss them en masse.
The Trump administration is also planning on firing new federal workers “en masse” just because.