Vaccinations due by Jan 18

Deadline extended for federal contractors

      The White House’s Safer Federal Workplace Task Force has delayed the deadline for full COVID-19 vaccinations of federal contractor employees to Jan. 18. The original deadline was Dec. 8.

      That means employees receiving the Moderna vaccine would need to get the first shot on or before Dec. 21 to allow for the 28-day wait between doses.

      For the Pfizer vaccine, with a 21-day wait between doses, workers would need to get the first shot by Dec. 28.

      The Task Force on Nov. 10 updated its rules for dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has evolved into a more contagious form. The rules for federal contractors and subcontractors include:

• Mandatory vaccinations for workers on covered contracts, with no weekly testing option and limited exceptions;
• Masking and social distancing in covered contractor workplaces;
• Employer verification of proof of vaccination by reviewing vaccination cards of employees; subcontractors must do the same for their employees
• Employer granting religious exemptions when required;
• Employers must make a “good faith” effort to comply; and
• Required Vaccinations for employees on covered contracts working at home, but generally no masking or social distancing required when working at home.

      Here is what the Task Force says: “An individual working on a covered contract from their residence is a covered contractor employee, and must comply with the vaccination requirement for covered contractor employees, even if the employee never works at either a covered contractor workplace or Federal workplace during the performance of the contract. A covered contractor employee’s residence is not a covered contractor workplace, so while in the residence the individual need not comply with requirements for covered contractor workplaces, including those related to masking and physical distancing, even while working on a covered contract.”

More information:
Task Force’s Nov. 10 guidance: https://bit.ly/3F8OElg

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