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After Pushback, Biden Administration Gives Contractors Latitude On Vaccine Enforcement

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, November 1st, 2021

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After Pushback, Biden Administration Gives Contractors Latitude On Vaccine Enforcement

President Joe Biden. Photo: White House

The Biden administration on Monday said it would give federal contractors more room to enforce a mandate that their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8. The shift in the administration’s position, announced through updates on the administration’s Safer Federal Workforce website, follows pushback by some Republicans in Congress and warnings from the contractor community about the mandate or at least a lack of flexibility in implementing it. The mandate does allow for religious and medical exemptions. The new…

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