The Trump administration is ordering all federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles placed on paid leave by Wednesday evening, according to a new memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

All federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion positions are ordered to be placed on paid administrative leave by the close of business Wednesday, according to a memo from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

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.

The order would cut funding for so-called DEI initiatives across all agencies in order to "end DEI inside the federal government," according to incoming Trump administration officials. Mr. Trump said he will direct the Office of Management and Budget to end all related mandates,

A memo told federal agencies to put their workers in DEI roles on leave by 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday following President Donald Trump's executive order.

Federal employees in diversity, equity and inclusion roles will be placed on paid leave Wednesday as their offices related to those programs are being ordered to shut down after President Donald Trump’s executive orders,