The Ministry of Education employees were on an administrative vacation on Friday after attending a diversity training course encouraged by the secretary Betzy Devo in the first Trump administration.
A letter sent on Friday stated that the employee had taken a vacation for President Trump's anti -diversity, fairness and inclination (DEI) and guidance from the Human Resources Management Bureau.
Sheria Smith 252, the president of the U.S. government employee federation, I told NBC News At least 55 employees have received letters, which say that the authorities will now receive the full amount from the government. Smith said he was hoping that the affected number would grow.
“They encouraged people to take these training, so they seem to be trapping people … and maybe they are now using these training on administrative leave. She may not, “she told NBC.
Employees are not expected to take vacation and are not accessible to work emails.
The event in question was called The Diversity Change Agent Training is a two -day course that occurred in March 2019, aiming to be participating in 400 employees.
The hill reached out to the Ministry of Education for comments.
Although he is not working directly in the role of DEI, even those who have gone training are on management leave.
Various statuses are affected by people working at the Civil Rights Bureau to the Federal Student Aid Bureau.
Trump has excluded DEI from the federal government, one of his top priority since his inauguration. Federal government employees are threatened by punishment if they try to hide their efforts and programs that are DEI -related.
Smith said that the president believes that the educational staff wants to “eliminate themselves.”
“I think it's a shock and a respect for the WE. They are very confusing to send us meaningless emails and threaten us and scare us. We stopped, “she told NBC News.
