Federal Worker Vaccine Order Gets More White House Guidance (1)

Federal employees must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22 or face progressive discipline that can include termination, according to new guidance from the White House on how agencies must implement the president’s Covid-19 inoculation requirement.

President Joe Biden in a Sept. 9 executive order mandated all federal employees must receive a vaccine. It was one of several directives issued that day to encourage U.S. workers to get inoculated and address the slowing of nationwide vaccination rates.

Additional guidance from the White House’s Safer Federal Workforce Task Force on Thursday outlined enforcement of the vaccine requirement, documentation, and “limited exceptions” to ...