Federal agencies may no longer use an employee’s vaccination record as part of any employment decisions, the Office of Personnel Management said in a memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In September 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order mandating federal agencies to require COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of federal employment. The order was later repealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Office of Personnel Management is reiterating in a memo sent Friday that effective immediately, federal agencies may not use a person’s COVID-19 vaccine status, history of noncompliance with prior COVID-19 vaccination mandates, or requests for exemptions from such mandates in any employment-related decisions, including but not limited to hiring, promotion, discipline, or termination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
OPM also mandated that 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 and electronic Official Personnel Folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n