Federal workers in DEI roles will be placed on leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday.The move follows President Donald Trump's executive order terminating DEI roles and initiatives.It's part of a wider right-wing pushback against DEI, which Trump says is discriminatory.Federal workers in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) roles are being put on paid leave as DEI initiatives, offices, and programs are dismantled under the Trump administration.CBS News obtained an Office of Personnel Management memorandum that said all federal employees in DEI roles should be placed on leave by 5 p.m. on Wednesday.Agencies are instructed to inform those in DEI offices their leave would be "effective immediately," it said, as the agency works to close DEI initiatives.The move follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office, which declared the termination of DEI "mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities" in the federal government.The order requires agency, department, and commission heads to work with the Attorney General and the directors of the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Management to take action within 60 days.As well as the termination of DEI roles, the order also called for the termination of "environmental justice" offices.Karoline Leavitt, assistant to the president and White House press secretary, confirmed the memorandum's authenticity in an X post.She wrote: "To every reporter asking about this: I can gladly confirm!"The memo urged heads of departments and agencies to immediately take down all "outward facing media," including social media and websites, of DEI offices and cancel any related training.It also said the heads of departments and agencies need to report to the Office of Personnel Management by midday on Thursday, detailing all the steps taken to implement the memo, by providing lists of DEI offices, personnel, and any related contracts as of Election Day 2024.Additionally, the department and agency heads are asked to submit plans to the OPM by the end of the month on executive force reduction within DEI offices.Trump's executive order accused former President Joe Biden's administration of forcing "immoral discrimination programs" into "virtually all" aspects of the federal government.The move is part of a wider effort to clamp down on DEI, which has increasingly become the subject of criticism in conservative circles.On Tuesday, the White House issued a separate presidential order ending all DEI-based hiring in the Federal Aviation Authority, including those that consider race, sex, or disability.Trump said in his inauguration speech on Monday: "We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based."He also announced that it would become official US policy that there are "only two genders: male and female."