Workforce Rights/Governance
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Federal district court denies two initial attempts at blocking federal vaccine mandate for employeesA federal district court declined to block the Biden administration's federal vaccine mandate for employees and contractors in two separate cases earlier this week. Here's a roundup of just some of the active lawsuits from federal employees who are challenging the mandate.
November 11, 2021 -
The DoD inspector general found serious shortfalls in numbers of prosecutors and investigators trained to handle military sexual assault cases.
November 11, 2021 -
At least 13 former Trump administration officials violated the law by intermingling campaigning with their official government duties.
November 09, 2021 -
Congress is out this week and the regular appropriations continuing resolution hasn't got much longer to go. Is a year long CR in the offing?
November 08, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A federal appeals court is fast-tracking a legal challenge to the president's vaccine mandate for large, private employers. Hundreds of millions of dollars are headed toward IT modernization. The Secretary of State has named two top diplomats to lead efforts to deal with Havana Syndrome.
November 08, 2021 -
The White House on Thursday pushed back the deadline for contractors to comply with its federal vaccine mandate. Contractors now have until Jan. 4, a month later than the original deadline, to ensure their employees are fully vaccinated.
November 04, 2021 -
Who should be exempted by their employers from a vaccine mandate? In the case of active duty military members, it's not so clear.
November 02, 2021 -
Sheppard Mullin partners Jonathan Aronie, Ryan Roberts, and Denise Giraudo, joined host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the implementation of President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors.
November 01, 2021 -
The Biden administration is carrying the "Trusted Workforce 2.0" vetting reform effort forward.
November 01, 2021 -
Nineteen states are now suing to block President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
October 30, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, we get a look at just how many COVID-19 vaccine exemptions the military is allowing.
October 29, 2021 -
The top Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee say they have a series of unanswered questions about the Biden administration's federal vaccine mandate, namely agencies' plans for approving employee exception requests.
October 28, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, top Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee have more questions about the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for federal employees.
October 28, 2021 -
Nonprofit contractors employing people with disabilities through the AbilityOne program have not been bound to pay minimum wages, with many employees consistently receiving sub-minimum wages.
October 27, 2021 -
Congressional investigators say two Border Patrol agents were fired from among 60 found to have committed misconduct for participating in a private Facebook group that mocked migrants and lawmakers
October 25, 2021