COVID-19 Workplace Safety: Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors

The record

Jurisdiction

United States

Level

Federal

Authority

EO 14042 s. 2; 86 Fed. Reg. 53691 (OMB determination, Sept. 28, 2021)

Issued

2021-09-24 Sept. 24, 2021

Effective

2021-09-24 (incorporated through contract clauses from Oct. 15, 2021; vaccination deadline Dec. 8, 2021) (read as 2021-09-24)

End

Enjoined Dec. 7, 2021 (Georgia v. Biden); withdrawn 2023 (read as 2021-12-07)

In force

Sept. 24, 2021 to Dec. 7, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing

Addressees

• covered contractors and subcontractors at any tier; covered contractor employees, including those not working on a Federal contract at a covered workplace

Functions reached

• HR (vaccination; accommodations)
• JS (masking; distancing at covered workplaces)
• OP (coordinator)
• SB (flow-down)
• OW

Collection

Construction SEC-09

Operative words

1. COVID-19 vaccination of covered contractor employees, except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation; 2. Compliance by individuals, including covered contractor employees and visitors, with the Guidance related to masking and physical distancing while in covered contractor workplaces; and 3. Designation by covered contractors of a person or persons to coordinate COVID-19 workplace safety efforts at covered contractor workplaces... Covered contractor employees must be fully vaccinated no later than December 8, 2021... [contract] includes, but is not limited to, a mutually binding legal relationship obligating one party to furnish services (including construction) and another party to pay for them.

Enforcement