Discipline for unvaccinated federal employees can start on Nov. 9, OPM says

[nitpicker]

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2021/10/discipline-for-unvaccinated-federal-employees-can-start-on-nov-9-opm-says/

Discipline for unvaccinated federal employees can start on Nov. 9, OPM says

Nicole Ogrysko@nogryskoWFED
October 1, 2021 12:28 pm

The Office of Personnel Management on Friday offered up more details on how agencies might approach disciplinary action against employees who fail to comply with the Biden administration’s recent federal vaccine mandate.

Because employees aren’t considered fully vaccinated until two weeks after receiving a single-shot series or the second dose of a two-shot series, they must get the vaccine by Nov. 8 to comply with the federal mandate.

Therefore, agencies can begin the disciplinary process for employees who are unvaccinated by Nov. 8 on the following day, Nov. 9, OPM Director Kiran Ahuja said Friday in a new memo.

Failing to comply with the federal vaccine mandate is an act of misconduct, and there is legal precedent for punishing federal employees over failing to comply with a vaccine mandate, OPM said.
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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Good

[lagomorph777]

2. Very good.

I hope it's well-enforced.

[nitpicker]

3. I'm not sure if the feds are hosting shot clinics

Like they used to for the flu. It was SO convenient to go down the block to the base clinic...

And with the window for Moderna and Pfizer closing, I wouldn't be surprised if J&J is more supplied as deadlines loom.

[Thomas Hurt]

5. Works for me, gets rid of the christofasicsts in the fed gov't.