FAR Council Issues Guidance to Federal Contractors and Subcontracts Related to Mandatory Vaccination of Certain Employees
The Dorsey Health Law blog team keeps readers up-to-date on relevant topics in the health care industry. In order to do so, the members of the blog team communicate regularly with other practice groups within the firm for applicable updates from client publications. For this post, we would like to thank Dorsey’s Ryan Mick, Katie Ervin Carlson and Andrew James for the following e-newsletter update:
On September 30, 2021, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) Council issued a memorandum requiring that most federal contractors and subcontractors include a clause in future contracts and subcontracts that require employees to be vaccinated. This directive follows President Biden’s September 9 announcement, as well as the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force Guidance (the “Guidance”) issued on September 24.
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