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US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse last month.

Law school was asked: ‘First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?’

Apple CEO Tim Cook has hinted that the company could change its stance on diversity and inclusion practices amid a swathe of anti-DEI orders.

Half of Britons believe it would be ‘bad’ if UK companies followed US businesses in scaling back commitments on DEI, but a fifth disagree. 

US government workers have been asked to list their accomplishments for the past week or resign as part of a new efficiency drive led by Elon Musk.

This week has seen further major companies – Citigroup and KPMG – abandon their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the US.

Entries are no longer being accepted to a controversial scheme offering financial rewards for staff resignations.

Oil giant Chevron Corporation is to make up to 8,000 employees redundant by the end of 2026 in a bid to cut costs.

Goldman Sachs scraps an internal diversity rule that banned the bank from advising all-male and all-white boards on company flotations.

DEI initiatives in the US are under attack, but the evidence in favour of maintaining gender diversity programmes still stands up.

Google owner Alphabet says it will no longer set hiring targets to improve workforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)

President Trump claimed that one potential underlying reason for the crash was DEI policies and the Democrat party's role in encouraging them.

Almost all federal employees have until 6 February to decide whether to resign, as Donald Trump reduces government headcount.

Most senior HR and c-suite professionals in the UK expect the rapid retreat from diversity, equity and inclusion programmes in the US to influence the UK workplace.

LinkedIn has been accused in the US of sharing users’ private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence models.