The Biden administration issued new guidance immediately
following his Jan. 20 inauguration abrogating former U.S. President
Trump's Executive Order 13950 on Combating Race and Sex
Stereotyping (the Order). Implementation of EO 13950 had previously
been stayed by a preliminary nationwide injunction entered Dec. 22,
2020, in California federal court. As a result, federal contractors
or organizations with a federal contract currently have no
obligation to revise their diversity and equity training to omit
the
prohibited training topics set forth in EO 13950.
As previously discussed, EO 13950
sought to reshape the way government contractors performed
diversity and equity training. It prohibited, among other things,
restrictions on training about affirmative action, discussion of
reparations and implicit bias, and guidance regarding limiting
micro aggressions. Further, the Order mandated employer postings in
the workplace as well as compliance communications with
