More than 50 senior-level employees at the U.S. Department of Education have been placed on paid administrative leave following President Donald Trump's executive order to remove employees associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The employees were informed via letters that their email accounts were suspended, but they will continue to receive their salaries indefinitely. The union representing the affected workers claims some have served the department for decades. This action comes after Trump reversed multiple Biden administration executive orders promoting DEI within the federal government, characterizing them as 'deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices.'
More than 50 senior level employees with the U.S. Department of Education have been placed on paid administrative leave following President Donald Trump's effort to rid the federal workforce of employees associated with diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.Sources say the Education Department sent letters to employees informing them that their e-mail accounts were being suspended, but ensured workers they would continue to receive their paychecks for an indefinite period.
President Trump's orders also eliminated several executive orders signed by previous presidents, dating back to Lyndon B. Johnson.The Trump administration claimed that the Biden administration 'embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices within every agency and office of the federal government.
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