US EditionTrump administration tells federal agencies to remove records of employees' COVID vaccination status
UNITED STATES, AUG 9 – The settlement requires federal agencies to erase COVID-19 vaccine records and prohibits discrimination based on vaccine status, affecting millions of workers, officials said.
- On Friday, new guidance was issued directing all federal agencies to remove records of employees’ COVID-19 vaccination status, any prior vaccine mandate noncompliance, and exemption requests by September 8, 2025.
- This directive follows a four-year legal battle initiated in December 2021 by Feds For Freedom, challenging the Biden-era vaccine mandate introduced in 2021 and paused by a 2022 federal appeals court injunction.
- Agencies must certify compliance by September 8, and employees have 90 days to opt out of record deletion; the directive also bars using vaccination information in employment decisions like hiring or promotions.
- OPM Director Scott Kupor acknowledged that during the pandemic, the situation escalated to the point where federal employees faced termination, disciplinary actions, or were marginalized for choices related to their personal medical care, a circumstance he emphasized should never have occurred.
- The settlement and directive reflect efforts to undo what the Trump administration called “harmful pandemic-era policies,” aiming to prevent lingering effects on federal workers and set a precedent regarding personal medical freedoms.
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Federal Agencies Told to Expunge Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Records
Federal agencies must eliminate records related to whether employees received a COVID-19 vaccine, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said on Friday. “All information related to an employee’s COVID-19 vaccine status, noncompliance with prior vaccine mandates, or exemption requests must be expunged from any employee’s Official Personnel Folder,” the office’s director, Scott Kupor, told department heads in a memorandum. The office said that e…
The Trump administration ordered federal agencies to remove all Covid vaccination records from their workers
None of your business: Trump admin directs federal agencies to delete employee COVID vaccination records - 'must be expunged'
The Trump administration on Friday ordered all federal agencies to eliminate any records related to workers' COVID-19 vaccination status, noncompliance with pandemic-era mandates or requests for vaccine exemptions. The rollback of vaccine record retention requirements was announced by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in a memo to all federal department and agency heads. OPM explained that the move is in response to recent litigation and …
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a new directive to federal agencies to eliminate any record of their staff's vaccination against covid-19.Read more]]>
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