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According to a December 9, 2021 posting on the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force’s website, the Office of Management and Budget issued guidance[1] related to its enforcement of the federal contractor vaccine mandate.  This guidance comes two days after a federal court in Georgia issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting […]

In a continuing trend of court orders halting the Biden administration’s broad plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccines, the latest blow comes in the form of a nationwide block to stop enforcement of vaccine mandates against certain federal contractors and subcontractors. Last week, a Kentucky federal district court issued a preliminary […]

As if federal contractors did not already have enough to worry about amidst the vaccine mandate rollercoaster, the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has announced several notable initiatives.  Here’s what federal contractors and subcontractors should know. OFCCP Contractor Portal On December 2, 2021, the OFCCP […]

This week has brought several blows to the Biden administration’s broad plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare institutions and now, federal contractors in certain states.  Specifically with regard to federal contractors, on November 30, 2021, a Kentucky federal district court issued a preliminary injunction halting the Biden administration from […]

The Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care staff has hit yet another stumbling block.  On November 30, 2021, a Louisiana federal court issued a preliminary injunction nationwide to halt the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Interim Final Rule (IFR), which required COVID-19 vaccination for covered health care staff by […]