A federal employee who was removed from her position pursuant to President Trump's executive orders eliminating DEI from the federal government sued this week, arguing, among other things, that her removal violated anti-discrimination laws.
The employee brought the case at the Merit Systems Protection Board and sought class certification for all employees targeted by the Administration's anti-DEI purges.
The employee alleged that the Administration discriminated against her on the basis of sex (because "[t]he government-wide RIFs required by [the EOs] disproportionately singled out federal workers who were not male or white") and political affiliation, and that the Administration violated RIF procedures.