Groups Urge White House to Extend Vaccine Mandate Deadline for Federal Employees
Several federal workforce organizations have recently advocated for extending the federal employee vaccine mandate deadline align with the federal contractor deadline. The federal contractor deadline was recently extended in January 2022.
In other vaccine mandated related news, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) announced at least one agency has entered a Memorandum of Understanding with the management regarding vaccine mandate implementation.
Union Levies Legal Challenge to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate, Task Force Updates Guidance
On October 30, 2021, a federal employee union filed a lawsuit challenging President Biden's vaccine mandate for federal employees in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The case aims to invalidate the Executive Order and subsequent guidance from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (Task Force) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
VP and OPM Dir. Announce Effort to Inform Feds of Union Eligibility, Collective Bargaining Status
Vice President Kamala Harris and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja announced the Biden Administration’s reinvigorated effort to have agencies regularly inform new federal employees of union eligibility.