- September 29, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
If your company does business with the federal government or subcontractors of the federal government, you may have to require that your employees become fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by December 8, 2021.
On September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden is issued various executive orders designed to take further steps to fight the war against the COVID-19 pandemic. One of these executive orders, EO 14042, requires executive departments of the federal government to include in their contracts and “contract like instruments” “a requirement that all covered contractor employees be vaccinated.”
The September 9 Executive Order indicated that specific guidance on implementation would come from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (STWTF), a committee created to provide direction and guidance to federal government agencies to take in protecting their workers from COVID-19.
On September 24, 2021, the SFWTF issued more detailed guidance. While…