Vaccine Mandate

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...

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”)...