On November 30, 2021, Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky issued a preliminary injunction in Commonwealth of Kentucky et al. v. Biden et al. (Case No. 21-cv-00055) that prohibits the federal government “from enforcing the vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors in all covered...
This Client Alert outlines the critical points for government contractors to know about the Biden Administration’s executive order, regulations, and guidance addressing COVID-19 prevention measures in the workplace. On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“EO”), to promote the economy and efficiency in federal...
On Friday, September 24, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“Task Force”) published its Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors (“Guidance”). This Guidance follows President Biden’s Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors (“EO”) and provides definitions, three sections of contractor guidance, and a host of Questions and Answers (“Q&A”)...
The Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic is straining the defense industrial base and other federal contractors. Curfews and shelter-in-place orders have slowed or halted production on several programs, including Italian and Japanese facilities for final assembly of the F-35 joint strike fighter. California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and numerous counties...