- December 18, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
JUST IN: Boeing has suspended its requirement that its employees get vaccinated against COVID, which was itself a response to the White House’s September mandate that all federal contractors vaccinate their workforces by January, the company said. Boeing says more than 92 percent of its 140,000 workers are either vaccinated or have a religious or medical exemption, meaning more than 11,000 of its employees are not vaccinated.
“This decision comes after a detailed review of a U.S. District Court ruling earlier this month that halts the enforcement of a federal executive order requiring vaccinations for federal contractors, a recent Executive Branch directive not to enforce the order on those contractors, and a number of state laws which limit an employer’s ability to impose mandatory vaccine requirements,” the company said in an emailed statement. “Boeing adopted its U.S. requirement to ensure compliance with the federal executive…
