Continued references to the 2021 mandate on federal vacancy announcements has become an issue in the ongoing legal wrangling over the mandate. Image: Margarita Young/Shutterstock.com
OPM has told agencies to review their job vacancy announcements to remove any remaining references to the Coronavirus vaccination mandate for federal employment.
That mandate under Executive Order 14043 of 2021 was revoked by Executive Order 14099 issued in May, and under that order and applicable court orders, “agency policies implementing and premised on Executive Order 14043 no longer may be enforced. Executive Order 14099 further directed that those policies be rescinded consistent with applicable law,” it says.
“As a result, no agency job postings on USAJOBS.gov or elsewhere may include compliance with now-revoked Executive Order 14043 or agency policies implementing that Executive Order as a job qualification, and any postings including such a qualification should be corrected promptly consistent with standard agency procedures,” it says.
Although the OPM memo does not mention it, the continued references to the 2021 mandate on federal vacancy announcements has become an issue in the ongoing legal wrangling over the mandate.
The White House has asked the Supreme Court to order that the lead case be dismissed—which would prevent a lower court from conducting a full review of the mandate’s legality—arguing that the case is now moot. However, in urging the high court to allow the case to continue, the group that brought it noted that some vacancy announcements continue to include it.
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