Appeals Court Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers
February 8th, 2022
Appeals Court Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers
On February 8, 2022, the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals in New Orleans, LA ruled to maintain a block of the mandate that federal employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate was announced in September 2021 by the Biden administration and required that federal employees undergo vaccination unless they obtained a medical or religious exemption. It did not contain an option for employees to instead be regularly tested.
The block on the mandate was initially issued by a Texas federal judge on January 21, 2022. The Biden Administration has asked the court of an injunction to allow the mandate to move forward pending an appeal.
