Takeaways

• The EO does not change existing law, but it signals the Administration’s focus on targeting organizations that violate existing anti-discrimination laws in their employment practices.
• For federal contractors, it eliminates affirmative action plan obligations regarding race and gender (as had been required by EO 11246) and enforcement activity by the OFCCP regarding race or gender affirmative action plans.
• For all employers, the EO signals increased investigation and enforcement activities relating to DEI programs that utilize discriminatory preferences.

Related links

• Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity - Executive Order
• Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects Civil Rights and Merit-Based Opportunity by Ending Illegal DEI – The White House
• New Presidential EO Says Federal Government Recognizes ‘Two Sexes’ Only

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On Jan. 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (EO). Its stated purpose is to end illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (together, DEI).

The EO comes a day after President Trump signed the executive order on “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” and a slew of Day 1 orders regarding DEI. The EO instructs federal agencies to take specific actions to end “illegal” DEI in federal contracting....

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