Contractors in ‘Uncharted Water’ With Narrowed Vaccine Mandate

An Eleventh Circuit order allowing President Joe Biden to enforce his Covid-19 vaccination mandate for federal contractors in some states is likely to sow further confusion among businesses with government pacts.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit handed the administration a partial victory Aug. 26, narrowing a nationwide injunction from a federal court in Georgia last year blocking the mandate. The ruling, and a patchwork of previous injunctions blocking the mandate in more than two dozen states, have put contractors on edge as they await the government’s response to the Eleventh Circuit decision.

“Anybody who tells you ...