Federal Contractor Vaccine Requirements Blocked

On Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, a federal court in Georgia issued a nationwide injunction against Executive Order 14042, which required many  federal contractors to mandate vaccination of employees at facilities which provide support for their federal work. As we have reported in recent weeks, attorneys general and other business groups have been filing lawsuits across the country to prevent vaccine mandates from going into effect.

In the State of Georgia et al. v. Biden et al. case, the judge found that the state would likely win on its claim that the federal government exceeded its authority when issuing the Executive Order. The state and businesses in the lawsuit argued that the Executive Order would mean business would be unable to bid on future federal contracts since many employees would resign rather than receive the vaccine.