Dr. Yomaris Pena, Internal Medicine Physician with Somos Community Care at a COVID-19 extracts the last bit of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine out of a vial in New York in January. Mary Altaffer/AP
GovExec Daily: Federal Contractors and the Vaccine Mandate
Eric Leonard and Martha Vázquez joins the show to discuss the ways firms will have to adjust.
Guidance from the Biden administration released recently announced that covered federal contractors and subcontractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19 and show proof of it by December 8, unless they are granted an exemption. As that date approaches, firms will have to navigate the ins and outs of the mandate.
Eric Leonard is a partner with Wiley Rein LLP and Martha Vázquez is an associate at Wiley Rein, a firm specializing in regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters. Vázquez is also the co-author of a post on our site headlined “Potential Traps for Federal Contractors with the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate.” They joined the podcast to discuss how contractors will have to prepare for the new rules.
