Under the new guidance, federal contractors will have leeway to determine how they enforce the vaccination requirements for workers who refuse to be vaccinated.
Some labor groups have opposed the mandate, including pilots' unions at American and Southwest. The latter sought to bar the implementation of the mandate, a request a federal judge in TexasAmerican and Southwest executives have softened their tone over the mandate, urging employees to apply for religious or medical exemptions if they don't plan to get the vaccine, and said they. Southwest last month dropped a plan to put workers with pending exemption requests on unpaid leave.
"In most circumstances individuals who are not fully vaccinated need to follow applicable masking, physical distancing, and testing protocols," the guidelines said.won't have to show proof of vaccination rates at the deadline, a senior administration official said. But noncompliance could result in the loss of a federal contract.
The federal government will defer to contractors to determine when an employee has a sincerely held religious belief or medical condition that requires accommodation, according to senior administration officials. Federal contractors are not required to make a final determination on accommodation requests when an employee begins work.
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